This review examines key dimensions of contemporary sex work, particularly prostitution.
Most research focuses exclusively on street prostitution and female workers, with much less …

The challenges involved in the design of ethical, nonexploitative research projects with sex
workers or any other marginalized population are significant. First, the size and boundaries …

The issue of sex trafficking has become increasingly politicized in recent years due to the
efforts of an influential moral crusade. This article examines the social construction of sex …

“Weitzer provides an in-depth examination of legalized prostitution systems, while also
proposing a new paradigm for understanding sex work.”—Qualitative Criminology While sex …

Examines the evolution of an undervalued urban space and how conflicts over competing
uses—from the right to sit to the right to parade—have been negotiated. Urban sidewalks …

This article critically evaluates the theoretical and empirical literature on contemporary
prostitution. Most research focuses exclusively on street prostitution and female workers …

The use of Internet technology for solicitation by sex workers has raised important legal and
regulatory questions. We provide a description of the new institutions that facilitate …

In no area of the social sciences has ideology contaminated knowledge more pervasively
than in writings on the sex industry. Too often in this area, the canons of scientific inquiry are …

Numerous studies examine the causal factors of entrance into prostitution and find economic
marginalization, substance addiction, and interpersonal networks are common reasons …

While street prostitutes comprise only a small minority of sex workers, they have the highest
rates of physical and sexual abuse, arrest and incarceration, drug addiction, and …