by Alison Bass | Aug 26, 2017 | law enforcement, media coverage, pimps, prostitution, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, underage prostitution
“1,020 charged in national sex trafficking sting” blared the headline in the Chicago Sun Times earlier this month. The news story was essentially a rewrite of a press release issued by the Cook County Sheriff’s office with a very similar headline...
by Alison Bass | May 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
My critically acclaimed book, Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law, is now available as an audio book at Audible Books. The nonfiction book, which weaves the true stories of sex workers together with extensive research to make a compelling argument for...
by Alison Bass | May 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have been invited to give a keynote presentation on the link between sex work and addiction at the 28th Annual WV Addiction Training Institute, sponsored by the West Virginia University Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry. While many sex workers are not addicted to...
by Alison Bass | Mar 14, 2017 | pimps, prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, sexual violence, Uncategorized
A few years ago, researchers at UCLA and Baylor University made a stunning find: When the Rhode Island legislature inadvertently decriminalized indoor prostitution for a number of years, that state saw a 31 percent decline in reported rapes and a similar decline in...
by Alison Bass | Jan 12, 2017 | pimps, prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
I realize few people care that Backpage, a website used by sex workers to advertise their services, has closed its adult ads section — especially when unsubstantiated reports are clogging the airways about our president-elect cavorting with prostitutes in...
