Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

Europe, Latin America, North America, and Global

Edited by Rochelle L. Dalla, Lynda M. Baker, John Defrain, Celia Williamson

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Publication date:

08 April 2011

Length of book:

414 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739143872

This book is part of a two-volume set that examines prostitution and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to a particular country in one of seven "geo-cultural" areas of the world. The 18 chapters in this volume (Volume I) are devoted to examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 16 chapters that comprise Volume II focus exclusively on Europe, Latin America, and North America. Volume II also includes a 'global' section, which includes chapters that are globally relevant — rather than those devoted to a particular country or geographic location. The content of each volume, as well as each chapter, reflects great diversity — diversity in focus, writing style, and personal position regarding the commercial sex industry. Diversity extends to the contributors, who are comprised of international scholars, service providers, and policy advocates representing a variety of fields and disciplines, with distinct and varied frames of reference and theoretical underpinnings with regard to the commercial sex industry. In addition to addressing aspects of the CSI across the globe, as impacted by geography and culture, authors have also provided a spectrum of implications of their work — implications ranging from continued scholarship and research, to legislative maneuvers and policy change, to suggestions for collaboration across NGOS, fieldworkers, clinicians, and service providers. Together, the 34 expertly-crafted chapters provide a wealth of knowledge from which to more deeply appreciate and contemplate the global commercial sex industry. By uniting contributors from around the world, this book aims to build a relatively common knowledge base on global prostitution and sex trafficking. Viewed from a unified, global perspective, it is hoped that this common understanding will lead to a grounded theory and integrated view with applicable suggestions for international efforts aimed at intervention, service, education, and continued scholarship.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2
Chapter One: Europe
Chapter 3
Chapter One: Sex Workers' Rights and Health: The Case of The Netherlands
Chapter 4
Chapter Two: Uncomfortable Intersections? The Sexual Exploitation of Bangladeshi British Muslim Girls
Chapter 5
Chapter Three: Bellweather Citizens: The Regulation of Male Clients of Sex Workers
Chapter 6
Chapter 4: Female Prostitution in Russia: Yesterday and Today
Chapter 7
Chapter Two: Latin America
Chapter 8
Chapter Five: The Prostitution of Women, Men, and Children: A Brazilian Perspective
Chapter 9
Chapter Six: Trafficking of Women in Mexico: Sexual Exploitation and Reproductive Health Status
Chapter 10
Chapter Seven: Selling Bodies and Sexual Exploitation: Prostitution in Mexico
Chapter 11
Chapter Eight: U.S.-Mexico Borderland Female Sex Workers: Family Responsibilities and Risks for Depression
Chapter 12
Chapter Three: North America
Chapter 13
Chapter Nine: From Street Corner to Statehouse: Survivors' Struggle for Civil Rights
Chapter 14
Chapter Ten: The Identity of Prostituted Women and Implications for Clinical Practice
Chapter 15
Chapter Eleven: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City
Chapter 16
Chapter Twelve: Collapsing This Hushed House: Deconstructing Cultural Images Of Child Prostitution in the United States
Chapter 17
Chapter Thirteen: The Regulation of Adult Sex Work and its Impact on the Safety, Security, and Well-Being of People Working in the Sex Industry in Canada
Chapter 18
Chapter Fourteen: Canadian University Students and the Sex Trade
Chapter 19
Chapter Four: Global
Chapter 20
Chapter Fifteen: The Bartering of Female Sexuality Through the Ages
Chapter 21
Chapter Sixteen: On a Street Corner Near You: Pimps as Practitioners of Torture
Chapter 22
Chapter Seventeen: There is Not a Condom for This: The Clash between HIV/AIDS Prevention and Sex Trafficking Abolition
Chapter 23
Chapter Eighteen: Collaboration and Conflict: Exploring the Intersections Between The Prostitution and Anti-Trafficking Communities

This two-volume set comprising 34 chapters written by scholars from a wide variety of countries shows the diversity of perspectives on the commercial sex industry. The editors have achieved something that is rare in scholarship - an interdisciplinary andintersectoral lens on prostitution and trafficking that challenges the myth that they are synonymous, yet at the same time shows their frequent intersection with economic marginalization, social exclusion and repressive legal frameworks that restrict human rights for some of the most vulnerable populations. The authors also engage insightfully with both theoretical and practical issues emerging from this key arena of gender politics and policy...