Screening for Traumatic Brain Injury in Prostituted Women
Abstract Violence is pervasive in prostitution and can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study estimated the prevalence and demographic correlates of TBI among 66…
Prostitution and Trafficking in Asia
Prostitution causes grave physical and emotional harm to women and girls. It transforms women and children into a special type of commodity in which men…
Second Thoughts: Should US Physicians Support the Decriminalization of Commercial Sex?
Rothman argues against decriminalized prostitution and in favor of the Nordic Model, based on both the ethical dilemmas of non consent, financial inducement, and vulnerability…
Prostitution Ring in Madrid Tattooed 19-year-old Woman with Bar Code
CNN reported that Spanish police rescued a 19 year old woman who had been branded with a bar code by trafficking gang members. STORY HIGHLIGHTS…
False Distinction Between Prostitution & Trafficking/Health Impacts: Mental & Physical/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Prostitution/Racism, Colonialism
Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota
Three-year research study about the prostitution and trafficking of 105 Native Women in Minnesota. Native women are particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation because of a…
Reclaiming Their Lives and Breaking Free: An Afrocentric Approach to Recovery From Prostitution
Qualitative study addressing the specific healing needs of prostituted African American women. Description of culturally specific services at an Afrocentric program for women escaping prostitution
Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections
A 2-year research study of Nevada legal and illegal prostitution and sex trafficking reveals human rights violations against women in the Nevada legal brothels. This…
Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Interviews of 100 women prostituting in Vancouver, Canada revealed an extremely high prevalence of lifetime violence including childhood sexual assault and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)….
Prostitution Harms Women Even if Indoors
This article describes the social invisibility of indoor prostitution, points out the lack of evidence suggesting that indoor prostitution is “safe,” and summarizes the testimony…
False Distinction Between Prostitution & Trafficking/Health Impacts: Mental & Physical/Library/Prostitution/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)
‘Bad for the Body, Bad for the Heart’: Prostitution Harms Women Even if Legalized or Decriminalized
With examples from a 2003 New Zealand prostitution law, this article discusses the logical inconsistencies in laws sponsoring prostitution and includes evidence for the physical,…
Prostitution and the Invisibility of Harm
The harm of prostitution is socially invisible, and it is also invisible in the law, in public health, and in psychology. This article addresses origins…
Basic Information/Health Impacts: Mental & Physical/Library/Prostitution/Racism, Colonialism/Trafficking
Prostitution and Trafficking of Women and Children from Mexico to the United States
A description of the historical background of sex trafficking from Mexico to the United States and summaries of two cases illustrating the complexity of providing…
Prostitution: A Critical Review of the Medical and Social Sciences Literature
A review of articles that focus on HIV but simultaneously ignore the massive violence that affects the lives of those in prostitution. The normalization of…
Prostitution in 5 Countries: Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Research summary and discussion of the life conditions of 475 people in prostitution in South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, USA & Zambia. These people live in…
Prostitution, Violence, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Most discussions of the public health risks of prostitution have focused on sexually-transmitted disease. A recent editorial in a major medical journal acknowledged the danger…