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Decriminalization and What Else? Alternative Structural Interventions to Promote the Health, Safety, and Rights of Sex Workers

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  • Cecilia Benoit

    (Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada)

  • Andrea Mellor

    (Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada)

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Researchers have argued that the current punitive approaches to regulating sex work expose underlying structures that seek to preserve a social order embedded with stigmas related to the race, gender, sexuality, class, and migration status of sex sellers (Benoit et al [...]

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  • Cecilia Benoit & Andrea Mellor, 2023. "Decriminalization and What Else? Alternative Structural Interventions to Promote the Health, Safety, and Rights of Sex Workers," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-8, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:4:p:202-:d:1110139
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    2. Abel, Gillian M., 2011. "Different stage, different performance: The protective strategy of role play on emotional health in sex work," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 72(7), pages 1177-1184, April.
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