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Getting screwed : sex workers and the law / Alison Bass.

By: Publisher: Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, An imprint of University Press of New England, [2015]Description: xiv, 281 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781611686340 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.74 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ118 .B37 2015
Contents:
Prologue The "Friendliest" Brothel in Manhattan -- The Madonna-Whore Divide -- The Modern Sex Workers' Rights Movement -- Sex Work Goes Online and Indoors -- Why Women and Men Do Sex Work: Variations on a Theme -- The Truth about Sex Trafficking -- From Bad Laws to Bad Cops and Violence against Women -- Busted in Sin City: Nevada's Two-Faced Approach to Sex Work -- Misguided Laws and Misuse of Resources -- The Rhode Island Story -- Sex Work Overseas: Prohibition in Sweden versus Legalization in New Zealand and the Netherlands -- Canada's Public Health Experiment -- California: Epicenter of the Sex Workers' Rights Movement -- A Saner Approach to Prostitution -- Epilogue Silent No More
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HQ118 .B37 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001358562

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue The "Friendliest" Brothel in Manhattan -- The Madonna-Whore Divide -- The Modern Sex Workers' Rights Movement -- Sex Work Goes Online and Indoors -- Why Women and Men Do Sex Work: Variations on a Theme -- The Truth about Sex Trafficking -- From Bad Laws to Bad Cops and Violence against Women -- Busted in Sin City: Nevada's Two-Faced Approach to Sex Work -- Misguided Laws and Misuse of Resources -- The Rhode Island Story -- Sex Work Overseas: Prohibition in Sweden versus Legalization in New Zealand and the Netherlands -- Canada's Public Health Experiment -- California: Epicenter of the Sex Workers' Rights Movement -- A Saner Approach to Prostitution -- Epilogue Silent No More

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