The Sex Industry in New Zealand: A Literature Review
Foreword | Acknowledgements | Tables | Executive summary | Part I: The Sex Industry in New Zealand | Part II: Overseas Models of Prostitution Law Reform Evaluations | References | Appendix I: Methodological issues in researching clients of sex workers
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Justice and Electoral Select Committee papers and submissions referred to:
PRB/WJP/1 Prostitution Reform Bill Supplementary Paper for Justice and Electoral Select Committee, Ministry of Justice, 1 June 2001
PRB 107, Private submission to the Select Committee on Prostitution Reform, 2001.
PRB 107A, Private submission to the Select Committee on Prostitution Reform, 2001.
PRB 111C, Addendum to submission to Members of the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. Wellington, Callum Bennachie, PUMP Co-ordinator, New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective, 2002.
PRB 116, Submission to the Prostitution Reform Bill, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, 2001
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