Source Biographies
"Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
Summary of Positions
Pro | Not Clearly Pro or Con (NC) | Con | None Found (?) | |
I. Individual | 110 (42.6%) | 21 (8.1%) | 93 (36%) | 34 (13.2%) |
II. Organization | 18 (25%) | 4 (5.6%) | 23 (31.9%) | 27 (37.5%) |
I. Individual
Individuals | Position |
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Abramson, Paul R., PhD | Pro |
Aghatise, Esohe | Con |
Albert, Alexa, MD | Pro |
Alegría, Margarita, PhD | NC |
Alexander, Priscilla | Pro |
Almodovar, Norma Jean | Pro |
Anderson, Scott A., PhD | NC |
Anthony, Susan B. | Con |
Arena, Andrew, JD | Con |
Armentano, Paul | Pro |
Armstrong, Ari | Pro |
Audet, Élaine | Con |
Individuals | Position |
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Bailey, Beth L., PhD | ? |
Bambenek, John | Con |
Banyard, Kat | Con |
Barrows, Jeffrey J., DO | Con |
Barry, Kathleen, PhD | Con |
Bass, Alison, MLA | Pro |
Berg, S.M. | Con |
Betteridge, Glenn, LLB | Pro |
Bindel, Julie | Con |
Bindman, Jo | Pro |
Bissell, Anne | Con |
Boutellier, Johannes C. J. | Pro |
Bovard, James | Pro |
Bradford, Sue | Pro |
Bratton, William | Con |
Brennan, Denise, PhD | NC |
Brents, Barbara G., PhD | Pro |
Brock, Rita Nakashima, PhD | Pro |
Browne, Harry | Pro |
Bullough, Bonnie, PhD | Pro |
Bullough, Vern, PhD | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
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Carlson, Tucker | Pro |
Carrier, Micheline | Con |
Carter, Jimmy | Con |
Carter, Vednita | Con |
Cauthen, Kenneth, PhD | Pro |
Checkley, Dorn | Con |
Chen, Stephanie | ? |
Chhabra, Rami | Con |
Cho, Seo-Young, PhD | ? |
Clinton, Hillary, JD | Con |
Colb, Sherry F., JD | Pro |
Connelly, Mark Thomas | ? |
Corbin, Alain | ? |
Cundiff, Kirby R., PhD | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
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Dale, George P., MD | Con |
Daley, Richard M., JD | Con |
Dalrymple, Theodore | Con |
Dalton, Gaye | Pro |
Davies, Libby | Pro |
De La Fuente, Ignacio | Con |
De Santis, Marie | Con |
Diaz, Manny, JD | Con |
Ditmore, Melissa, PhD | Pro |
Dobson, James, PhD | Con |
Donovan, Basil, MD | Pro |
Dreher, Axel, PhD | ? |
Duke, Barrett, PhD | Con |
Dworkin, Andrea | Con |
Individuals | Position |
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Edlund, Lena, PhD | NC |
Edwardes, Cheryl, LLM | NC |
Ekberg, Gunilla | Con |
Erbe, Bonnie, JD | Con |
Evans, Hilary | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
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Fairley, Christopher, PhD | Pro |
Farber, David, PhD | ? |
Farley, Melissa, PhD | Con |
Feingold, David A., PhD | NC |
Few, Robyn | Pro |
Figal, Gerald, PhD | ? |
Firebaugh, W. C. | ? |
Fisher, Trevor, MA, MEd | ? |
Fleiss, Heidi | Pro |
Flint, George | Pro |
Flores, J. Robert, JD | Con |
Frank, Marshall | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
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Galbraith, Anna Mary, MD | Con |
Gardner, Dan, LLB, MA | Pro |
Garfinkle, Wendy C., MA, MFA | Pro |
Garon, Sheldon, PhD | ? |
Gavin, Donna | Con |
Gaze, Elizabeth, LLM | Pro |
Gilfoyle, Timothy J., PhD | ? |
Giuliani, Rudy, JD | Con |
Glassford, Pelham D. | Pro |
Godlee, Fiona, MB BChir | Pro |
Goodman, Budd G., JD | ? |
Grieboski, Joseph K., MA | Con |
Gupta, Ruchira, MA | Con |
Individuals | Position |
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Hall-Blanco, Abigail R., PhD | Pro |
Harcourt, Christine, PhD | Pro |
Hardaway, Robert M., JD | Pro |
Harlan, John Marshall | Con |
Harper, Stephen, MA | Con |
Hausbeck, Kate, PhD | NC |
Healy, Catherine | Pro |
Hof, Dennis | Pro |
Hoffman, Cecilia | Con |
Horowitz, Michael, LLB | Con |
Hotaling, Norma | Con |
Hsieh, Diana | Pro |
Hughes, Donna M., PhD | Con |
Huppin, Mark, PhD, JD | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Ince, John, LLB | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Jakobsson, Niklas, PhD | ? |
Jay, Suzanne | Con |
Jeffreys, Sheila, PhD | Con |
Jenness, Valerie, PhD | ? |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Ka Hon Chu, Sandra, LLM | Pro |
Kanouse, David, PhD | NC |
Kastoryano, Stephen, PhD | Pro |
Kelling, George, PhD | Con |
Kelly, Henry Ansgar, PhD | ? |
Kelly, Liz, PhD | Con |
King, Leonard William | ? |
Kleine-Brockhoff, Thomas | Con |
Klinger, Kimberly | Pro |
Korn, Evelyn, PhD | NC |
Kornbek, Bodil | Con |
Kotsadam, Andreas, PhD | ? |
Koyama, Emi | Pro |
Kuo, Lenore, PhD | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
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La Croix, Catherine | Pro |
Lalu, Vivienne | Pro |
Landers, Ann | Pro |
Langum, David J., SJD | ? |
Layden, Mary Anne, PhD | Con |
Leaman, Oliver, PhD | ? |
Lederer, Laura J., JD | Con |
Lee, Laura | Pro |
Leidholdt, Dorchen, JD | Con |
Leigh, Carol | Pro |
Lerner, Gerda, PhD | ? |
Lieseke, Wade | Pro |
Lloyd, Rachel, MA | Con |
LoCicero, Jeanne, JD | Pro |
Loebner, Hugh, PhD | Pro |
Loff, Bebe, PhD | Pro |
Long, Alecia P., PhD | ? |
Long, Billy J., PhD | Pro |
Lopes, Ana, PhD | Pro |
Luker, Kristin, PhD | ? |
Individuals | Position |
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MacDonald, Margo | Pro |
MacKinnon, Catharine, JD, PhD | Con |
Malek, Ninos P., PhD | Pro |
Maly, Vaclav | Pro |
Marlowe, Julian | Pro |
Martin, Keith, MD | Pro |
Mathieson, Ane, MSW | Con |
Mattar, Mohamed, LLB, SJD | Con |
May, David C., PhD | ? |
McElroy, Wendy | Pro |
McGinty, Jim, LLB | Pro |
McNamara, Joseph, DPA | Pro |
Mickelwait, Laila, MPD | Con |
Miller, Eleanor M., PhD | NC |
Miller, JoAnn L., PhD | Con |
Mizuta, Tamae | ? |
Monet, Veronica | Pro |
Moran, Rachel | Con |
Morris-Suzuki, Tessa, PhD | ? |
Mulvey-Roberts, Marie, PhD | Pro |
Murray, Alison J., PhD | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Nassif, Tony | Con |
Neumayer, Eric, PhD | ? |
Niesse, Mark | ? |
Nolan, Clare | Con |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
O'Donnell, Bill, MBA | Con |
Ofer, Udi, JD | Pro |
Östergren, Petra, MA | NC |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Paglia, Camille, PhD | Pro |
Parker, Joseph | Con |
Passion, Mariko | Pro |
Paul, John, II | Con |
Paulos, John Allen, PhD | Pro |
Pedigo, Katie, JD | Con |
Peratis, Kathleen, JD | Pro |
Phillips, Melanie | Con |
Pinkerton, Steven D., PhD | Pro |
Platt Boustan, Leah, PhD | Pro |
Pomeroy, Sarah B., PhD | ? |
Post, Diane, JD | Con |
Potterat, John | NC |
Poulin, Richard, PhD | Con |
Powell, Colin, MBA | Con |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Quan, Tracy | Pro |
Quist, Dave | Con |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Rafferty, Jean | NC |
Ramos, Norma, JD | Con |
Ramsey, Charles H. | Con |
Raymond, Janice, PhD | Con |
Raymond, Katherine | Pro |
Reagan, Ronald | Con |
Reed, Anna | Pro |
Reid, Melanie | Pro |
Richards, Amy | Pro |
Ringdal, Nils Johan | Pro |
Rio Reichmann, Linda M., JD | Pro |
Romans, Sarah, MD | NC |
Romenesko, Kim, MA | NC |
Roos, Julia, PhD | ? |
Rossiaud, Jacques | ? |
Ruggiero, Guido, PhD | ? |
Rybak, Raymond Thomas (aka R.T.) | Con |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Sanders, Teela, DPhil | Pro |
Sanger, William, MD | Pro |
Schmitz, Joseph E., JD | Con |
Scott, John, PhD | Pro |
Scott, Valerie | Pro |
Shevchenko, Inna | Con |
Shiva, Vandana, PhD | Con |
Shrage, Laurie, PhD | Pro |
Silva Leite, Gabriela | Pro |
Singer, Peter, MA | Pro |
Singh, Khushwant | Pro |
Sinha, Indrani | Con |
Sloan, Lacey, PhD | Pro |
Smerconish, Michael, JD | Pro |
Smith, Chris | Con |
Sneddeker, Duane | ? |
Somswasdi, Virada, JD | Con |
Sprinkle, Annie, PhD | Pro |
St. James, Margo | Pro |
Stamper, Norm, PhD | Pro |
Stark, Christine, MFA | Con |
Story, Rae | NC |
Strathdee, Steffanie, PhD | Pro |
Sullivan, Mary, PhD | Con |
Surratt, Hilary L., PhD | NC |
Symanski, Richard, PhD | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Tabash, Edward, JD | Pro |
Taylor, Bruce A., JD | Con |
Thompson, Lisa | Con |
Tirelli, Umberto, MD | Pro |
Todd, Randall, DrPH | NC |
Turley-Ewart, John, PhD | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
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Vallely, Paul | NC |
Vandepitte, Jean, MD | NC |
Vanwesenbeeck, Ine, PhD | Pro |
Vargas, Joe, MA | Con |
Velchev, Boris, PhD | Con |
Vivante, Bella, PhD | ? |
Volkonsky, Anastasia, JD | Con |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Webb, Wellington, MA | Con |
Weitzer, Ronald, PhD | Pro |
Whisnant, Rebecca, PhD | Con |
Wijers, Marjan, LLM | Pro |
Winberg, Margareta | Con |
Winchester, Jessi | Pro |
Wondolkowski, Lisa | NC |
Wood, Genevieve | Con |
Wright, Wendy | Con |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Yingwana, Ntokozo | Pro |
Young, Alan, LLB, LLM | Pro |
Young, Cathy | Pro |
Individuals | Position |
---|---|
Zurita, Brenda | Con |
II. Organization
Organizations | Position |
---|---|
Baltimore Examiner | Pro |
Breaking Free, Inc. | Con |
Britain Home Office | Con |
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) | ? |
Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Beings (BNRM) | Pro |
Organizations | Position |
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Demand Abolition | Con |
Organizations | Position |
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Economist | Pro |
Edmonton Police Services | Con |
Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work | ? |
Organizations | Position |
---|---|
Feminists for Free Expression (FFE) | Pro |
Field Institute | ? |
Organizations | Position |
---|---|
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) | NC |
Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) | Pro |
Organizations | Position |
---|---|
Harris Interactive Inc. | ? |
Havocscope | ? |
Organizations | Position |
---|---|
Independent (UK) | ? |
International Committee for Prostitutes' Rights | Pro |
International Labour Organization (ILO) | NC |
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook | ? |
Ipswich Labour Party, UK | Con |
Organizations | Position |
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Lancet | Pro |
Las Vegas Sun | ? |
Lowell Sun | ? |
Organizations | Position |
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Magellan Research | ? |
Mainichi Daily News | ? |
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | ? |
Minneapolis Police Department | Con |
Montana State University at Billings | ? |
Organizations | Position |
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) | Con |
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Pro |
New York Times | ? |
NoBullying.com | NC |
Organizations | Position |
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) | ? |
Organizations | Position |
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Peoria Journal Star | Con |
Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People | Con |
POPPY Project | Con |
Organizations | Position |
---|---|
Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life (REAL) Women of Canada | Con |
Research 2000 | ? |
Reuters | ? |
Rockefeller Archive Center | ? |
Organizations | Position |
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TIME Magazine | ? |
Organizations | Position |
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UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Gender and HIV/AIDS | ? |
United Nations (UN) | ? |
US Department of Justice (DOJ) | Con |
US Department of State | Con |
Organizations | Position |
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Wichita Police Department | Con |
Winnipeg Police Service | Con |
World Health Organization (WHO) | Pro |