Bass, Alison.

Getting screwed : sex workers and the law / Alison Bass. - xiv, 281 pages ; 24 cm

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

9781611686340 (cloth : alk. paper)

2015010963


Prostitution.
Prostitution--Law and legislation.

HQ118 / .B37 2015

306.74