Researching Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Comparatively

Weitzer, Ronald

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“…6 In five polls taken between 2011 and 2013, 70% to 82% of French respondents disapproved of the idea of criminalizing clients, and a 2013 poll reported that 74% of the French public favored the “reopening of brothels” in the country (Weitzer, 2015). …”

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Resistance to sex work stigma

Weitzer

2017

Sexualities

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Stigma is ubiquitous in sex work and is well documented in studies of sex workers. But rarely have scholars examined the vital question of whether, and if so how, stigma can be reduced or eliminated from any type of sex work (commercial stripping, pornography, prostitution, etc.). After a brief review of the issues related to stigma, this Commentary proposes a set of preconditions for the reduction and, ultimately, elimination of stigma from sex work.

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Resistance to sex work stigma

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2017

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“…Others theorize that criminalization can reduce prevalence, but only with certain conditions (Immordino & Russo, 2015). Comparative research tends to focus on largely negative implications of specific elements of criminalization for sex workers’ safety, outcomes or behaviors (Harcourt et al, 2010; Skilbrei & Holmstrom, 2013; Sullivan, 2010; Wagenaar, 2017; Weitzer, 2015) or the relationship between different laws and human trafficking, loosely defined (Cho, Dreher, & Neumayer, 2013; Jakobsson & Kotsadam, 2013). No studies have examined how the simultaneous existence and availability of legal and illegal markets can affect demand for sexual services at the level of individual decision making.…”

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The Influence of Legal Brothels on Illegal Sexual Service Purchasing Habits: The U.S. Context

Wakefield

Brents

2019

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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In this study, we use a survey of sex workers’ clients to examine the relationship between having paid for services in legal brothels in Nevada and paying for criminalized sexual services among male clients. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) and generalized ordered logistic regression models, the use of legal brothels is found to be negatively related to reported purchasing of criminalized sexual services, regardless of criminal history, income, and most other demographic factors. When tested by criminalized purchase context, purchases made using the Internet, from public, outdoor contacts (such as the street) and indoor, public contacts (like bars), were less likely to occur with brothel experience. This study addresses a critical gap in scholarship on sex workers’ clients purchasing choices with consideration to both market choice and frequency of purchase when having been exposed to a legal replacement for an illegal transaction. Implications and areas of further study are discussed.

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“…This enabled us to consider the treatment of prostitution in France from a new perspective, while exploring at the same time the specificities of Belgian policies, which have so far received little attention in the social sciences. Moreover, comparing two relatively analogous countries neutralized certain differences, while allowing others, more closely linked to our research object, to be analyzed in greater depth (Weitzer 2015). These countries have many sociocultural similarities resulting from their geographical proximity and common use of the French language, while the very general characteristics of the Bsex workers^with whom the third sector organizations in question work are relatively similar.…”

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The Moral and Political Stakes of Health Issues in the Regulation of Prostitution (the Cases of Belgium and France)

David

2018

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Many studies have demonstrated the prominent role legal frameworks and local policies play in the shaping of prostitution, by informing to a large extent the conditions governing the exercise of the sex trade, while promoting a certain definition of this activity and its protagonists. However, the role of private organizations delegated the mission of providing social or medical assistance to people selling sex should not be overlooked. These organizations are still under-researched, despite the fact that they often occupy a pivotal position between those involved in the sex trade, public authorities, and the general population. Our contribution aims to provide an overview of the relevant landscape of third sector organizations in both Belgium and France and, more specifically, retrace the genesis of associations that have implemented programs to prevent sexually transmitted infections. We will also examine their relations with the public authorities and the legitimacy they enjoy in each country, before highlighting their potential influence on the structuring of representations and regulation of prostitution.

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Researching Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Comparatively

Cited by 35 publications

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Resistance to sex work stigma

Resistance to sex work stigma

The Influence of Legal Brothels on Illegal Sexual Service Purchasing Habits: The U.S. Context

The Moral and Political Stakes of Health Issues in the Regulation of Prostitution (the Cases of Belgium and France)

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