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 | 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...
by Alison Bass | Dec 11, 2016 | human trafficking, law enforcement, pimps, prostitution, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution
The recent shooting at a popular pizza joint in Washington, D.C. has as much to do with the current hysteria over sex trafficking as it does with the untrammeled spread of fake news on social media. The 28-year-old man who fired an assault rifle inside the Comet Ping...
by Alison Bass | Nov 21, 2016 | human trafficking, law enforcement, pimps, prostitution, public health, sex trafficking, sex work, trafficking, Uncategorized, underage prostitution, websites
The arrest of the CEO of Backpage, a website for sex work ads, as he stepped off a plane in Houston October 6, made headlines. Carl Ferrer, 55, was arrested on a California warrant and charged with pimping by the California Attorney General’s office. Two other...
