Legalizing Prostitution : From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business / Ronald Weitzer.
2011
HQ144 .W447 2012
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Title
Legalizing Prostitution : From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business / Ronald Weitzer.
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ISBN
9780814784631
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource : 23 black and white illustrations
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814784631.001.0001 doi
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HQ144 .W447 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.74/209051
Summary
While sex work has long been controversial, it has become even more contested over the past decade as laws, policies, and enforcement practices have become more repressive in many nations, partly as a result of the ascendancy of interest groups committed to the total abolition of the sex industry. At the same time, however, several other nations have recently decriminalized prostitution.Legalizing Prostitution maps out the current terrain. Using America as a backdrop, Weitzer draws on extensive field research in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany to illustrate alternatives to American-style criminalization of sex workers. These cases are then used to develop a roster of "best practices" that can serve as a model for other nations considering legalization. Legalizing Prostitution provides a theoretically grounded comparative analysis of political dynamics, policy outcomes, and red-light landscapes in nations where prostitution has been legalized and regulated by the government, presenting a rich and novel portrait of the multifaceted world of legal sex for sale.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Tables and Figures
Preface
Part I. Sex Work
1. Understanding Prostitution
2. Indoor Prostitution
Part II. Policies
3. American Policies and Trends
4. Legal Prostitution
Part III. Case Studies
5. Antwerp and Frankfurt
6. Amsterdam
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Tables and Figures
Preface
Part I. Sex Work
1. Understanding Prostitution
2. Indoor Prostitution
Part II. Policies
3. American Policies and Trends
4. Legal Prostitution
Part III. Case Studies
5. Antwerp and Frankfurt
6. Amsterdam
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author