Transitional Housing Facilities for Women Leaving the Sex Industry: Informed by Evidence or Ideology?
This article juxtaposes the results of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, derived from 125 client case files at a Denver transitional housing facility for women leaving the sex industry, with the results of a content analysis that examined how all 34 similar U.S. facilities represent...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 74 - 96 |
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