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It’s Not What You Think: Sexually Exploited Youth in British Columbia
This report examines survey data on sexual exploitation from 1,845 street-level and incarcerated youth in British Columbia, collected through five health surveys over six years.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• University of A British Columbia School of Nursing • May 2008

Prostitution and Sex Crimes
This paper examines the frequency of rape and homicide rates in relation to the availability of prostitution.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• The Independent Institute • April 08, 2004

A Critical Examination of Responses to Prostitution in Four Countries: Victoria, Australia; Ireland; the Netherlands; and Sweden
This report examines three philosophical approaches to prostitution including abolition, regulation and legalization.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• City and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University • 2003

Youth Involvement in Prostitution: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography
This paper examines existing research and literature on youth involvement in prostitution, and focuses on the legislative history of prostitution and the legal and extra-legal responses to the youth sex trade.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Department of Justice Canada • April 01, 2002

American Sexual Behavior: Trends, Socio-Demographic Differences, and Risk Behavior
This report discusses issues pertaining to the sexual activities and behaviours of Americans, including prostitution, premarital and extramarital sex, homosexuality, the use of condoms, pregnancy, and AIDS.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• National Opinion Research Center • March 2006

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People: An Overview of Key Literature and Data
This report provides a review of the literature and statistical information pertaining to the sexual abuse of children and youth through prostitution, pornography, and sex trafficking.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Thomas Coram Research Unit: Institute of Education • February 01, 2004

Ominous Convergence: Sex Trafficking, Prostitution and International Family Planning
This article examines the problem of sex trafficking and its frequent equation with prostitution.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• The Allan Guttmacher Institute • February 2005

Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Unsafe Sexual Behaviors Among Young Women and Men in South Africa
This paper discusses the relationship between low socio-economic status and participation in sexual activities that increase the risk of pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted disease among young adults in South Africa.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Population Council • 2004

Combined Use of Condoms with Other Contraceptive Methods Among Inner-City Baltimore Women
This paper examines how the increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's), particularly among adolescents, has dictated a reassessment of the need for various protective methods.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Alan Guttmacher Institute • April 01, 1995

Prostitution of Juveniles: Patterns From NIBRS
This paper compares juvenile prostitution, its nature, prosecution, and its punishments, to adult prostitution and its consequences and characteristics.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention • June 2004

Prostitution in NSW: The Impact of Deregulation
This paper provides information on the New South Wales prostitution law reforms which have been moving towards decriminalisation.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Australian Institute of Criminology • 2003

Children, Sex and Violence: Calgary's Response to Child Prostitution
This article discusses the proposed legislative amendment to Alberta's Child Welfare Act that would make prostitution-related activities a criminal offense by including them in the legal definition of child sexual abuse.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Child & Family Canada • Fall 1996

Working Girls: Prostitutes, Their Life and Social Control
This book examines the lives and characteristics of prostitutes, and gives an overview of prostitution and the Australian laws and regulations pertaining to it.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Australian Institute of Criminology • 1991

Prostitution Laws in Australia
This paper investigates Australia's prsotitution laws by state, and examines the problems associated with legislation from the perspectives of both the police and the prostitutes.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Australian Institute of Criminology • May 01, 1990

Abuse of Trust: Children and Youth in the Sex Trade
This article is about the 300,000 children and youth caught in the sex trade industry in North America.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy • November 01, 2000

Six Myths on Prostitution Reform Bill
This document examines the Prostitution Reform Bill, six myths about prostitution, and the negative effects that decriminalization will have on prostitutes and society as a whole.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• Maxim Institute • January 01, 2003

Dangerous Liaisons: Substance Abuse and Sex
This study looks at the association between substance abuse and risky sexual behaviour, especially among children, teens, women and homosexuals.
• Category: Sexuality > Prostitution
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • December 01, 1999

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