Some resources and links about prostitution and trafficking:

General information:

• http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/
• http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/
• http://www.catwinternational.org/
• http://www.humantrafficking.org/
• http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/sex_traff_us.pdf
• http://www.polarisproject.org/
• http://www.rapeis.org/activism/prostitution/prostitution.html
• http://www.cybertipline.com/en_US/publications/NC68.pdf
• http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/203946.pdf
• http://prostitution.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=000115
• http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/40509687.html
• http://www.childrenofthenight.org/faq.html
• http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/
• http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/prostitution.html
• http://www.sharedhope.org/

Myths about prostitution:

• http://www.operationlookout.org/lookoutmag/
  11_Myths_About_Prostitution.htm
• http://www.familyimpactseminars.org/s_mifis06c03.pdf
• http://www.nevadacoalition.org/factsheets/
  LegliznFactSheet091707c.pdf
• http://www.adultssavingkids.org/mythsrealities
  _of_prostitution.html

Recommended readings:

Dalla, R. (2006). Exposing the “Pretty Woman” myth: A qualitative investigation of street-level prostituted women. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Farley, M. (Ed.). (2003). Prostitution,trafficking and traumatic stress. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press.

Farley, M. (2007). Prostitution and trafficking in Nevada: Making the connections. Prostitution Research & Education.

Hoigard, C. & Finstad, L. (1992). Backstreets: Prostitution, money and love. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania University Press.

Phoenix, J. (1999). Making sense of prostitution. Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Raphael, J. (2004). Listening to Olivia: Violence, poverty and prostitution. Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Skinner, E. Benjamin. (2008). A crime so monstrous: Face-to-face with modern-day slavery. New York, NY: Free Press.

Whisnant, R. & Stark, C. (2004). Not for sale: Feminists resisting prostitution and pornography. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex.

Williamson, C. & Folaron, G. (2003). Understanding the experiences of street level prostitutes. Qualitative Social Work, 2(3), 271-287.