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Trafficking In Women From Ukraine, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Tatyana Denisova Dec 2001

Trafficking In Women From Ukraine, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Tatyana Denisova

Donna M. Hughes

Report on research carried out as part of the U.S. Ukraine Research Partnership, the International Center of the U.S. National Institute of Justice and the Ukrainian Academy of Legal Sciences


The "Natasha" Trade: The Transnational Shadow Market Of Trafficking In Women, Donna M. Hughes Dr. Dec 1999

The "Natasha" Trade: The Transnational Shadow Market Of Trafficking In Women, Donna M. Hughes Dr.

Donna M. Hughes

No abstract provided.


"Welcome To The Rape Camp": Sexual Exploitation And The Internet In Cambodia, Donna M. Hughes Dr. Dec 1999

"Welcome To The Rape Camp": Sexual Exploitation And The Internet In Cambodia, Donna M. Hughes Dr.

Donna M. Hughes

This article reports a piece oforiginal research into the links between the trafficking in women and children across the globe and how srrch trafficking practices have been facilitated by developments in technology and telecommunications. The connections between prostitution in the Mekong Sub-Region, pornography on the Internet, and sex tourism have also been researched, based on the experiences of women and children and the men who exploit them.


The Internet And The Global Prostitution Industry, Donna M. Hughes Dr. May 1998

The Internet And The Global Prostitution Industry, Donna M. Hughes Dr.

Donna M. Hughes

The Internet has become the latest place for promoting the global trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children. This global communication network is being used to promote and engage in the buying and selling of women and children. Agents offer catalogues of mail order brides, with girls as young as 13. Commercial prostitution tours are advertised. Men exchange information on where to find prostitutes and describe how they can be used. After their trips men write reports on how much they paid for women and children and give pornographic descriptions of what they did to them. New technology has …


The Conflicts Between Female Inmates' Needs And Prisoners' Goals, Aline L. Mohr Apr 1976

The Conflicts Between Female Inmates' Needs And Prisoners' Goals, Aline L. Mohr

IUSTITIA

A comparison of the purposes behind the existence of male and female institutions reveals that several common goals exist: custody, deterrence, and rehabilitation. An examination of these goals of women's prisons can be best understood in the context of whom they are aimed to serve. If the goals are to serve society alone, then the custody of female offenders is undoubtedly viewed as an accomplished goal, since society is protected and secure from the infliction of criminal acts by these female offenders. However, if the goals are directed at the inmates as well, deterrence of further criminal activity and rehabilitation …


The Gentleman’S Companion. New York City. In 1870, Anonymous, Paul Royster (Depositor) Dec 1869

The Gentleman’S Companion. New York City. In 1870, Anonymous, Paul Royster (Depositor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is a pocket-sized guide to the prostitution industry or sex trade in New York City in 1870--a directory of its brothels, barrooms, and houses of assignation. It is a remarkable record of the demimonde in the post-Civil War city that housed an estimated 20,000 prostitutes.

In the following pages some shadows, dirt spots, and microfilm scratches have been removed, but the text remains unaltered. The pagination appears unorthodox in places due to interpolated advertisements for various establishments.

A copy of the work held in the New-York Historical Society is reprinted online with commentary at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/documents/a-vest-pocket-guide-to-brothels-in-19th-century-new-york-for-gentlemen-on-the-go?mcubz=0

One is impressed not …