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Rape myths and violence against street prostitutes

Jody Miller Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Martin D. Schwartz Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701–2979
Pages 1-23 | Received 29 Mar 1994, Accepted 20 Jun 1994, Published online: 18 May 2010

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