Topic
Prostitution
144 published works
The Right Coast
Bootleggers, Baptists, and Whores Tom Smith
Regarding Professor Rappaport's post below about legal and illegal prostitution, and Nevada, I want to at least allude to the historical case. I'm all for public choice arguments, but in…
The Right Coast
Legalized Prostitution?Mike Rappaport
A couple of interesting posts on legalizing prostitution. First, there is evidence that condom use in the legalized brothels of Nevada is extremely high, whereas it is quite low among…
Land Use Prof Blog
Dimmer red lights in Amsterdam …
Here's another striking example of land use law being employed as a surrogate for other social values. In Amsterdam, the famous and infamous red light district has long been…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
China to stop arresting women for carrying condoms
Via Agence France-Presse:BEIJING -- Chinese police are to stop arresting women who carry condoms, traditionally seen as evidence of prostitution, in an effort to help curb the spread of AIDS,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Prostitution Prospers in China
Via Washington Post (8/5/07): No longer limited to well-known bars or a growing number of karaoke parlors, prostitutes are everywhere in Chinatoday, branching out onto college campuses, moving into privateresidential…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Victor Nnamdi Opara, a former student at the University of Toronto's Reproductive and Sexual Health Program, has published his article "Emerging Issues in the Trafficking of African Women for Prostitution"…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New York Mag.: The 13-Year-Old Prostitute
An article in the current issue of New York Magazine discusses teenage victims of sex trafficking and the conflicting laws that apply to them. According to the article, under federal…
China Law Blog
China Sex, Prostitutes, Rule of Law, Lines of Power, Unintended Consequences and Bull Connor: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
By Dan Harris
I usually avoid writing on the really big China issues, figuring they get enough coverage elsewhere. I am veering from this now because there is still more to be said…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
Prostitution Banishment Zones
Ken Lammers over at CrimLaw posted about Richmond, Virginia's efforts to create Prostitute-Free Zones. Once again, what at first seems like a good idea, and certainly makes for good political…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
In jail 8 months on a 90 day sentence for prostitution
Obviously this story from the Florida Ledger is only "newsworthy" because it involves the mother of a child whose brutal murder captured the attention of the national news. Apparently the mother…