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Abolitionist Approach to Prostitution

In: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
Edited by: Claire M. Renzetti & Jeffrey L. Edleson
Subject:Interpersonal Violence

The abolitionist platform is clear: Prostitution is exploitation. To abolitionists, the women involved are thought of as “prostituted women” who are abused under a patriarchal society of male domination and sexual exploitation.

The results of several U.S. studies on prostitution support the ...

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  Renzetti, C. M., & Edleson, J. L. (2008). Abolitionist approach to prostitution. In Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence (Vol. 1, pp. 3-3). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963923.n2
  
  Renzetti, Claire M., and Jeffrey L. Edleson. "Abolitionist Approach to Prostitution." In Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, edited by Renzetti, Claire M., and Jeffrey L. Edleson, 3. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963923.n2.
  
  Renzetti, C. M. and Edleson, J. L. 2008. Abolitionist Approach to Prostitution. In: Claire M. Renzetti and Jeffrey L. Edleson Editors, 2008. Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 3 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963923.n2> [Accessed 26 May 2022].
  
  Renzetti, Claire M. and Jeffrey L. Edleson. "Abolitionist Approach to Prostitution." Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 3. SAGE Knowledge. 26 May 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963923.n2.
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