by Alison Bass | Apr 18, 2018 | conflicts of interest, human trafficking, law enforcement, media coverage, prostitution, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
A few months ago, I was given access to hundreds of internal documents that had been obtained from the King County prosecutor’s office and other law enforcement in the Seattle area by public records requests. The documents revealed that prosecutors and police in...
by Alison Bass | Oct 12, 2017 | pimps, prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, sexual violence, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
In a groundbreaking study, researchers at Baylor and West Virginia universities have found evidence indicating that craigslist’s erotic services site may have prompted a 17 percent decrease in female homicides throughout the U.S., principally because sex workers...
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...
