Introduction. Sex work in the UK: Stereotypes and statistics in the 21st Century

Mavis Maclean

doi:10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0989

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Mavis Maclean University of Oxford

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https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0989

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datos sobre trabajo sexual, regulación jurídica en el Reino Unido, debate sobre la política del Reino Unido

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Esta introducción a los artículos sobre trabajo sexual en el siglo XXI toma como ejemplo el Reino Unido para mostrar el tipo de datos que se pueden encontrar y desde los cuales se pueden desarrollar argumentos documentados sobre el estado actual de la regulación jurídica y la necesidad de cambio.

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