Estimating the size and structure of the underground commercial sex economy in eight major US cities
By: Meredith Dank [and seven others]
Contributors: Urban Institute
Publisher: Urban Institute
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Prostitution; Human trafficking; Sex-oriented businesses
Description: In 2010, the National Institute of Justice funded the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center to measure the size and structure of the underground commercial sex economy in eight major US cities. The goals of this study were to: (1) derive a more rigorous estimate of the underground commercial sex economy (UCSE) in eight major US cities and (2) provide an understanding of the structure of this underground economy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.