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Rational decision‐making among male street prostitutes

Thomas C. Calhoun Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio University, 278 Lindley Hall, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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Greg Weaver Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Pages 209-227 | Received 17 Jul 1995, Accepted 07 Nov 1995, Published online: 18 May 2010

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