Background Sex workers are at disproportionate risk of violence and sexual and emotional
ill health, harms that have been linked to the criminalisation of sex work. We synthesised …

We reviewed evidence from more than 800 studies and reports on the burden and HIV
implications of human rights violations against sex workers. Published research documents …

What's wrong with markets in everything? Markets today are widely recognized as the most
efficient way in general to organize production and distribution in a complex economy. And …

Marketplaces are often small parts of large markets, and both markets and marketplaces
come in many varieties. Market design seeks to understand what marketplaces must …

Objective: Anorexia nervosa has been consistently associated with increased mortality, but
whether this is true for other types of eating disorders is unclear. The goal of this study was …

With examples from a 2003 New Zealand prostitution law, this article discusses the logical
inconsistencies in laws sponsoring prostitution and includes evidence for the physical …

Sex work is an extremely dangerous profession. The use of harm-reduction principles can
help to safeguard sex workers' lives in the same way that drug users have benefited from …

The global profit generated through human trafficking, which includes both sex and labor
trafficking, has been estimated to be approximately $32 billion a year (Belser 2005). Of that …

This is a richly detailed account of the way the sex industry works, and one of the few
empirical studies that investigates the off street industry in Britain. The book seeks to …

Introduction Although many studies examine purported risks associated with sexual
activities, few examine potential physical and mental health benefits, and even fewer …