ISSUES IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR - PROSTITUTION ISSUES IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SERIES - RAPE AND HOMOSEXUALITY ISSUES IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SERIES - RAPE AND HOMOSEXUALITY

• NCJ Number: 41924
• Author(s): P SCHNITZLER; T J WEINGARTEN; B J BERNSTEIN; P SCHNITZLER; S TAYLOR
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Corporate Author: Harper and Row
• Sale Source: Harper and Row Media; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 30 MINUTES, 1976 SLIDES WITH PRINT MATERIAL - FILMSTRIP COMBINED SET OF EIGHTY COLOR SLIDES, 40-PAGE INSTRUCTOR'S RESOURCE MANUAL FILMSTRIP COMBINED SET OF ENTIRE SERIES (INCLUDNG SEGMENT ON RAPE AND HOMOSEXUALITY) ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

Annotation

THIS SLIDE SHOW POSES QUESTIONS ON THE MORALITY OF PROSTITUTION, AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED.

Abstract

BY MOST ESTIMATES, ANYWHERE FROM 250,000 TO 500,000 PEOPLE EARN THEIR LIVING FROM PROSTITUTION EACH YEAR. THERE ARE CLOSE TO 100,000 ARRESTS FOR PROSTITUTION ANNUALLY, BUT THERE IS AS MUCH DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ABOUT THIS SUBJECT AS EVER. THE SHOW CONTAINS INTERVIEWS WITH PROSTITUTES, THEIR CLIENTS, PSYCHIATRIC PERSONNEL, AND OTHERS. THE DEBATE IS PRESENTED OVER WHETHER PROSTITUTION REFLECTS A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER OR AN EASY FINANCIAL SOURCE. THE GROWTH OF MIDDLE-CLASS PROSTITUTION IS DEPICTED, AS WELL AS THE USE OF PROSTITUTION IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS. DECRIMINALIZATION VERSUS LEGALIZATION IS ARGUED, AS WELL AS WHO SHOULD BE PUNISHED IF IT REMAINS A CRIME....BDS