Streets Apart
In the debate about prostitution, there are those, like the Dutch, who advocate legalising it, and those, like the Swedes, who want to get women...
10 Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution
Discussion of ways that legalized or decriminalized prostitution promotes trafficking expands both legal and illegal prostitution, and fails to promote women’s health or make them...
Prostitution & Trafficking in Nine Countries: An Update on Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Researchers interviewed 854 people currently or recently in prostitution in nine countries (Canada, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United States, and Zambia), inquiring...
Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade/Prostitution/Racism, Colonialism
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/Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade/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...
One Man in Eight Has Bought Sex
In 1999, Sweden passed legislation that criminalized the purchase of sexual services, which in essence decriminalized prostituted persons and placed penalties only on the buyers,...
The 1999 Swedish Law on Prostitution
This law is a brilliant example of how a truly progressive society addresses prostitution: the law decriminalizes the prostitute but criminalizes customers, pimps, and traffickers....
The “Natasha” Trade: The Transnational Shadow Market of Trafficking in Women
Overview of the global sex trade with a focus on Ukrainian women’s experiences.
