Shifting the Burden: Inquiry to Assess the Operation of the Current Legal Settlement on Prostitution in England and Wales
The report on the UK's burden of guilt for prostitution has the purpose of raising awareness around the impact of the sale of sexual services…
Sexual Exploitation and Prostitution and its Impact on Gender Equality
The objective of this briefing paper is to provide background information drawn from the international literature on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on…
Does Legal Prostitution Increase Trafficking?
This paper by three economists investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking. The empirical analysis of a cross-section of up to 150 countries shows...
Targeting the Johns in Sex Trade
Reflecting the global shift in thinking about prostitution – it’s no longer seen as a victimless crime, rather, sex buyers are understood now as predators...
Prostitution, Liberalism, and Slavery
This article critiques the liberal “prostitution-can-be-fixed-or-improved” perspective of liberals and defends an abolitionist approach that views prostitution as slavery or slavery-like practices.
