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Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada:  Making the Connections

Melissa Farley, Ph.D.

 

"No one really enjoys getting sold," a woman in a legal Nevada brothel
told Melissa Farley during the course of this research. "It's like you
sign a contract to be raped."

 

In a 2-year research study of Nevada legal and illegal prostitution and
sex trafficking, Farley reveals new information about the scope of the
sex industry. She describes human rights violations against women in the
Nevada legal brothels and how the multibillion-dollar illegal sex
industry in Las Vegas works.  She makes connections between legal and
illegal prostitution, prostitution and sex trafficking, advertising for
prostitution, political corruption, pornography, and organized crime.
Farley explains how, although they are out of sight, the johns are
ultimately the origin of the problem of sex trafficking - the men who
demand the right to rent human beings in prostitution.

 

What effect does Nevada's prostitution culture have on all women in the
state?  A Nevada rape crisis counselor explained, "Men think they can
get away with rape here."

 

 

Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections, is a
riveting analysis of the enormous human tragedy associated with
prostitution and sexual trafficking and the complex forces that shape
and sustain them. Through careful scholarship and documentation,
withering analyses, compelling victim commentaries, and a fearless
citation of names, places, and policies, this volume must now be
considered the new standard of excellence for understanding and
responding to this age-old problem that ultimately victimizes us all.
The author assails "legalized" prostitution as nothing more than a
glamorized cover for exploitation, abuse, and violence of the thousands
of women forced to work in the sex industry. All the public relations
efforts to glamorize prostitution and to label it as a "victimless
crime" collapse before Dr. Farley's systematic presentation of the facts
and living voices behind this often hidden or disguised social problem.
Her powerful account of "What happens in Vegas" -- to prostitutes and
sex trafficking victims of all ages - educate and persuade the reader
that prostitution destroys lives, and profits only the pimps, criminals,
and corrupt public officials who collect the tainted money, and who keep
the problem above the laws and moral scrutiny.  This is an age-old
story, but it has never been told better, nor with as much meaning and
force.  Must be read! 

 

Anthony Marsella, PhD, Professor Emeritus at University of Hawaii,
editor of the American Psychological Association's book,  Ethnocultural
Aspects of PTSD.

 

Dr. Farley's careful research demytstifies the supposed 'glamour' in
prostitution that rationalizes what is in fact victimization. Holding
perpetrators accountable in every jurisdiction is essential to affirming
human rights in America.  There is a strong link between what Farley
describes and the sexual assaults/prostitution of children and youth. 

Sharon W. Cooper, MD FAAP

Consultant, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill   School of Medicine

 

"Finally, here's a book about sex slavery not just in distant lands but
in Nevada, USA.  Dr. Melissa Farley looks at sex slavery in Nevada's
legal and illegal prostitution sectors and discovers there's not much
difference between the two.  Farley meticulously researches and reports
on the women victims-- it's not a pretty picture--and issues a moving
call for help.  If you've wanted to know what really goes on in the sex
industry in Las Vegas and nearby Nevada counties, this is an unpleasant
but must read."

John Miller, Research Professor of International Affairs, Elliott
School, George Washington University; Formerly Ambassador at Large on
Modern  Day Slavery 2004-2006; 
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State  2002-2006; Former Director of
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking

 

 

Melissa Farley confronts legal prostitution, not as an isolated subject,
but as a phenomenon that has a devastating impact on the social,
political and legal character of Nevada.  She links the justifications
for legal prostitution with the immeasurable destructiveness of the
trafficking of women internationally, demonstrating the damage of
unquestioned male power and privilege.

Mary W. Stewart Ph.D. 

Professor and Director of Women's Studies

University of Nevada, Reno.

 

 

This book, beyond a reasonable doubt, presents factual information of
what prostitution is truly about in the state of Nevada. It debunks the
mis-education and advertised myths about legal and illegal prostitution,
including the glamorization and glorification of the pimp and prostitute
sub-culture.  I investigated child and adult prostitution cases for 23
years of my 26-year career as an FBI Agent. My last 20 years were in Las
Vegas, Nevada. It is clear to me that Melissa Farley has presented what
all citizens need to know about prostitution, and that is ..."to seek
the Truth and see the total picture."

Roger Young, Special Agent, FBI, Retired, Reno Nevada

 


CHAPTERS


        Forward by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Legal Brothel Prostitution in Nevada

Chapter 3. Pimp subjugation of women by mind control 

Chapter 4. Johns in Legal and Illegal Nevada Prostitution

Chapter 5. Trafficking for Legal and Illegal Prostitution in Nevada  

Chapter 6. Illegal Escort and Strip Club Prostitution in Las Vegas  

Chapter 7. Domestic and International Trafficking for Prostitution and
Organized Crime in Nevada

Chapter 8. The Role of Cabdrivers in Las Vegas Prostitution

Chapter 9. Political and Judicial Corruption and the Nevada Sex Industry


Chapter 10.  It's the Advertising, Stupid!   

Chapter 11. Pornography, Prostitution, and Trafficking in Nevada  

Chapter 12. Barriers to Services for Women Escaping Nevada Prostitution

Chapter 13. Attitudes toward Prostitution and Sexually Coercive
Behaviors of Young Men in Reno, Nevada 

Chapter 14. Adverse Effects of a Prostitution Culture on Nonprostituting
Women

Chapter 15.  Conclusion:  Legalization of Prostitution, a Failed Social
Experiment   

Endnotes

 


TO ORDER


Prostitution & Trafficking in Nevada will be available for online order
in September 2007.  To be notified of the publication date and order
details, send an email to    


 

 

All proceeds from sales of the book will go to two nonprofit
organizations: 

Prostitution Research & Education and Nevada Coalition against Sex
Trafficking

www.prostitutionresearch.com <http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/> 

 

 

 

Cathy Nardo

Information Specialist

 

National Sexual Violence Resource Center

123 North Enola Drive, Enola, PA  17025

717.909.0710 x103

877.739.3895 Toll Free

 

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Join us September 12 - 14, 2007

National Sexual Assault Conference: Bridges to Social Change

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, MD

 

Visit the Conference Web site at www.nsvrc.org