Providing a detailed international comparison of the laws, policies and interventions relating to prostitution in eight countries across Europe and Asia, this t

What is to be done about prostitution? Is it work or is it violence? Are women involved in prostitution offenders or victims? Is prostitution a private or a pol

International Approaches to Rape gives an overview of rape law and policy in nine different countries, including the United States and Canada. Many governments

This volume is the result of the many years the authors have spent conducting ethnographic field research with sex workers, conversing with other researchers, a

Barry (sociology, Pennsylvania State U.) considers sexual exploitation a political condition and thus the foundation of women's subordination and the base from