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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797646103321

Autore

Bass Alison

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : ForeEdge, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61168-845-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Disciplina

306.74

Soggetti

Prostitution

Prostitution - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Prologue | The "Friendliest" Brothel in Manhattan; Chap. 1 | The Madonna-Whore Divide; Chap. 2 | The Modern Sex Workers' Rights Movement; Chap. 3 | Sex Work Goes Online and Indoors; Chap. 4 | Why Women and Men Do Sex Work; Chap. 5 | The Truth about Sex Trafficking; Chap. 6 | From Bad Laws to Bad Cops and Violence against Women; Chap. 7 | Busted in Sin City; Chap. 8 | Misguided Laws and Misuse of Resources; Chap. 9 | The Rhode Island Story; Chap. 10 | Sex Work Overseas; Chap. 11 | Canada's Public Health Experiment; Chap. 12 | California

Chap. 13 | A Saner Approach to ProstitutionEpilogue | Silent No More; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Vivid narrative-driven account of how current U.S. laws against prostitution harm sex workers, clients, and society