01947cam a2200229 a 4500008004100000020001800041040000800059050002300067100002600090245008700116260003400203300001900237505001700256518001500273520124500288650003301533650003901566650003001605650002601635650002601661650003001687110705s2011    nyua          000 0 eng    a9780814794630  aSDU00aHQ144bW436 L 20111 aWeitzer, Ronald John,10aLegalizing prostitution :bfrom illicit vice to lawful business /cRonald Weitzer.  aNew York :bNYU Press,c2011.  a284 p. :bill.  aHKBU Library  aYT2025 M09  a"Some towns in Nevada have legal brothels where sex can be bought lawfully, yet in Las Vegas, prostitutes and their patrons are regularly prosecuted for exchanging sex for money, just as they are elsewhere in the United States. While sex work has long been controversial, it has become even more contested over the past decade as laws, policies, and enforcement practices have become more repressive in many nations, partly as a result of the ascendancy of interest groups committed to the total abolition of the sex industry.  Legalizing Prostitution maps out the current terrain. Using America as a backdrop, Weitzer draws on extensive field research in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany to illustrate alternatives to American-style criminalization and marginalization of sex workers. These cases are then used to develop a roster of "best practices" that can serve as a model for other nations considering legalization. Legalizing Prostitution provides a theoretically grounded comparative analysis of political dynamics, policy outcomes, and red-light landscapes in nations where prostitution has been legalized and regulated by the government, presenting a rich and novel portrait of the multifaceted world of legal sex for sale"-- 0aProstitutionzUnited States. 0aProstitutionxLaw and legislation. 0aProstitutionzNetherlands 0aProstitutionzBelgium 0aProstitutionzGermany 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.