Book contents
- Immoral Traffic
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Additional material
- Immoral Traffic
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, NGOs, and the Governance of Prostitution in India
- 2 A Tale of Two Rescues
- 3 “These Girls Never Give Statements”
- 4 Proving Prostitution
- 5 “She Is Not Revealing Anything”
- 6 From “House of Horrors” to “Sensitive” Governance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2025
Book contents
- Immoral Traffic
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Additional material
- Immoral Traffic
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, NGOs, and the Governance of Prostitution in India
- 2 A Tale of Two Rescues
- 3 “These Girls Never Give Statements”
- 4 Proving Prostitution
- 5 “She Is Not Revealing Anything”
- 6 From “House of Horrors” to “Sensitive” Governance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- References
- Type
- Chapter
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- Immoral TrafficAn Ethnography of Law, NGOs, and the Governance of Prostitution in India, pp. 215 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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