Prostitution / Tamara L. Roleff, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2006. - 152 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary issues companion .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-145) and index.

Sex for money is not always prostitution / Marc Perkel -- Why pornography is not legally defined as prostitution / Sherry F. Colb -- Is prostitution forced oppression or a chosen lifestyle? / Katia Dunn -- Prostitution is an evil institution / Dorn Checkley -- Legalized prostitution contributes to sex trafficking / Dorchen A. Leidholdt -- Child prostitution is a serious problem / Bay Fang -- Male prostitutes are often overlooked / Vic St. Blaise -- Prostitutes are regularly victims of violence / Melissa Farley -- Arguments against prostitution are socially constructed myths / Cherry Lee -- Prostitution is beneficial / Decriminalize Prostitution Now Coalition -- Prostitution should be legalized / Economist -- Prostitution should be decriminalized / Wendy McElroy -- Legalization and decriminalization of prostitution would not help prostitutes / Angela N. White -- Cities are using humiliation tactics to fight prostitution / Amanda Paulson -- Cities that use humiliation tactics to fight prostitution may violate civil rights / Tresa Baldas -- Prostitution is a job like any other / Jean Hillabold -- Life with an abusive pimp / Tina Frundt -- Sold into sex slavery / Anita Sharma Bhattarai.

ISBN: 0737724625 (hardcover lib. : alk. paper) 0737724633 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780737724622 (hardcover lib. : alk. paper) 9780737724639 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006016707

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prostitution.
Prostitution--United States.

LC Class. No.: HQ111 / .P6992 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 306.740973