Criminalization and coercion: sexual encounters with police among a longitudinal cohort of women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland
Abstract Background The criminalization of sex work and drug use creates unequal power dynamics easily exploited by police. Women who exchange sex (WES) in settings around the globe have reported coerced sex and sexual assault by police, and some have reported police as paying clients. Little resear...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Harm Reduction Journal |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00738-5 |