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008			110705s2011 nyua 000 0 eng
020			_a9780814794630
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aHQ144 _bW436 L 2011
100	1		_aWeitzer, Ronald John, _9209497
245	1	0	_aLegalizing prostitution : _bfrom illicit vice to lawful business / _cRonald Weitzer.
260			_aNew York : _bNYU Press, _c2011.
300			_a284 p. : _bill.
505			_aHKBU Library
518			_aYT2025 M09
520			_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"--
650		0	_aProstitution _zUnited States. _9190409
650		0	_aProstitution _xLaw and legislation. _9188725
650		0	_aProstitution _zNetherlands _9209498
650		0	_aProstitution _zBelgium _9209499
650		0	_aProstitution _zGermany _9209500
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
900			_a = C.1 SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c108932 _d108932