Prostitution
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
Human Trafficking of
Children in the United States
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/factsheet.html
U.S. Department of Education fact sheet that defines
terminology, suggests links to government sites, and provides
information about how to identify children who are victims of
trafficking.
PENet : Prostitutes’ Education Network
http://www.bayswan.org/index.html
The Prostitutes’ Education Network is an information service about legislative and
cultural issues as they effect prostitutes and other sex workers. The service is
comprised of information for sex workers and activists/educators who study issues
of decriminalization, human rights in the context of prostitution,
violence against prostitutes and women, sex workers and pornography,
as well as current trends in legislation and social policy in the U.S.
and internationally. Has an excellent section on statistics relating
to prostitution. This site has a pro-prostitution,
pro-decriminalization bias.
Prostitution
Research & Education http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/
This
site, sponsored by the non-profit San Francisco Women's Centers,
features facts, services, and information about activists,
prostitution and violence, trafficking, and legal issues.
Decidedly
anti-prostitution slant from a feminist perspective.
"A Summons to Comradeship" : World War I and
II Posters http://digital.lib.umn.edu/warposters/warpost.html
University of Minnesota Libraries digital collection of poster.
A primary resource for historic images of posters addressing
prostitution in World Wars I and II. In the University of
Minnesota Libraries archive, click the "search the collection"
option, then limit search by subject "prostitution" to find archived
posters created by the United States Army Education Commission,
United States Navy, American Social Health Association, and Arthur
Henriksen.
Trafficking in Persons : a Guide for
Non-Governmental Organizations http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/reports/trafficking.htm
Information regarding federal immigration rights afforded to victims
of human trafficking. Resources section provides government
contacts that offer assistance, such as legal aid, to trafficking
victims.
Women's Human Rights Resources
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/mainpage.htm
This site from the
Bora
Laskin
Law Library in Toronto covers many women's issues, including prostitution. Click
on the link marked “Women’s Human Rights Resources Database” and select
“prostitution” from the list of issues.
Each issue has articles, documents, and annotated links.
Online Databases
(Rio Hondo Students only)
Rio Hondo College databases.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cclc_rio?db=GVRL
Search keyword "prostitution" to access entries in a variety
of online books and encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia of Crime
and Justice, West's Encyclopedia of American Law, and New
Catholic Encyclopedia.
Issues &
Controversies @ FACTS.com
http://www.2facts.com
Select issues & controversies link, then search "Human
trafficking" for information regarding efforts to reduce the
effects of this crime. Includes text from a 2004 speech to
the United Nations General Assembly in which George W. Bush
addresses the subject of human trafficking.
ProQuest http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?ReqType=301&UserId=IPAuto&Passwd=IPAuto&JSEnabled=1&TS=942248466
A search for keywords "prostitution and human trafficking"
will provide results from journals, newspapers, magazines,
reports, and trade publications, such as The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Military Review, and Juvenile Justice Digest.
SIRS http://sks.sirs.com
Using either "human trafficking" or "prostitution" as
a subject term, access numerous sources including newspapers,
magazine, and reference book articles. Graphics and
timelines are tools provided by SIRS to increase comprehension.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Encyclopedia of crime & justice
Call number: Ref HV6017.E52 2002
Encyclopedia of
sociology
Call number: Ref HM425.E5 2000
Violence in America : an encyclopedia
Call number: Ref HN90.V5V5474 1999
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases
- http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 6 sample searches
below are from the
ProQuest database.
Use Advanced Search
and type each tern in a separate box:
1. SUB (prostitution) [From peer-reviewed journals]
2.
SUB (prostitution) and SUB (legalization)
3.
SUB (prostitution) AND SUB(Sexually transmitted diseases)
4.
SUB (prostitution) AND SUB (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
5.
SUB (prostitution) and males
6.
SUB (prostitution) and minors
Researched and evaluated by:
D. Petticoffer, Librarian 12/1997
last update: M. Delatte, Librarian 5/2010