Rio Hondo College Library - Prostitution Subject Guide

Prostitution
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

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Europap : European Network for HIV-STD Prevention in Prostitution
http://www.europap.net/
Europap is a network encompassing 18 Western and Central European countries, linking over 400 specialist health projects, sex workers' projects and social support programs. The site provides information about laws and regulations pertaining to prostitution in Europe, as well as information about HIV-prevention, health, and social services.

Human Trafficking
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/global_issues/human_trafficking.html
This US government site includes annotated directories of texts, articles, and links about issues related to human trafficking, also known as slave-trading or modern-day slavery. Use the "Archive" and "Online Reading" links.

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.

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.

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The following books can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library.

Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:

Encyclopedia of crime & justice
Call number: Ref HV6017.E52 2002

Encyclopedia of sociology
Call number: Ref HM425.E5 2000

Prostitution and sex trafficking
Call number: Ref HQ115.P76 2006

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:

Sex-oriented businesses

Women--Crimes against

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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo College Library.

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The Rio Hondo College Library provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.

The sample searches and articles below are from the ProQuest database. If you are viewing this subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the links below. To gain access if you are at home or off-campus, first click here: https://rioweb.riohondo.edu/library/. Input your student ID number and password [your birthdate]. You will see a list of all the online databases to which you have access. Click on ProQuest and enter the database. You may conduct your own searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and click on any of the links below:

(SUB (prostitution) ) [From peer-reviewed journals]
(SUB (prostitution) and SUB (legalization) )
(SUB (prostitution) AND SUB(Sexually transmitted diseases) )
(SUB (prostitution) AND SUB (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) )
(SUB (prostitution) and males )
(SUB (prostitution) and minors)

Researched and evaluated by:
D. Petticoffer, Librarian 12/1997
last update: D. Yashar, Librarian 7/2006

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