What are the causes of prostitution? / Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: At issue | Social issues | At issue (San Diego, Calif.). Social issues.Publication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2007.Description: 104 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780737727371 (hardcover)
  • 0737727373 (hardcover)
  • 9780737727388 (paperback)
  • 0737727381 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.74 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ118 .W45 2007
Contents:
The causes of prostitution : an overview / Lisa A. Kramer, Ellen C. Berg -- Policies favoring legalization encourage prostitution and sex trafficking / Donna M. Hughes -- The root cause of prostitution is the demand for prostitutes / Lisa A. Howard -- Poverty leads to prostitution in the developing world / Carol Mithers -- Poverty is not always the cause of prostitution in the developing world / Bruce Bower -- Childhood sexual abuse often leads to prostitution / Kari Lydersen -- Male orphans and runaways sometimes turn to prostitution / Eric P. Martin, Nikola Brabenec -- Sexual liberation has led to the toleration of prostitution / Roger Scruton -- Gender-based domination promotes prostitution and sex trafficking / Monica O'Connor, Grainne Healy -- Drug addiction keeps sex-trafficking victims in prostitution / Nicholas D. Kristof -- Ignorance and complacency promote sex trafficking / Wendy Murray Zoba -- Multiple factors contribute to child sex tourism / Sowmia Nair.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-98) and index.

The causes of prostitution : an overview / Lisa A. Kramer, Ellen C. Berg -- Policies favoring legalization encourage prostitution and sex trafficking / Donna M. Hughes -- The root cause of prostitution is the demand for prostitutes / Lisa A. Howard -- Poverty leads to prostitution in the developing world / Carol Mithers -- Poverty is not always the cause of prostitution in the developing world / Bruce Bower -- Childhood sexual abuse often leads to prostitution / Kari Lydersen -- Male orphans and runaways sometimes turn to prostitution / Eric P. Martin, Nikola Brabenec -- Sexual liberation has led to the toleration of prostitution / Roger Scruton -- Gender-based domination promotes prostitution and sex trafficking / Monica O'Connor, Grainne Healy -- Drug addiction keeps sex-trafficking victims in prostitution / Nicholas D. Kristof -- Ignorance and complacency promote sex trafficking / Wendy Murray Zoba -- Multiple factors contribute to child sex tourism / Sowmia Nair.

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