Sex Industry and Sex Workers in Nevada

Authors

Kate Hausbeck, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Barbara G. Brents, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Crystal Jackson, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2006

Publication Title

The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State

Publisher

UNLV: Center for Democratic Culture Publications

First page number:

1

Last page number:

17

Abstract

Timeworn but true, it is undeniable that “sex sells” and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in Las Vegas, the symbolic center of the commercial sex industry and America’s own “Sin City.” To understand the commercial sex industry in Las Vegas and the Nevada sex industry more generally, we need to understand how local patterns reflect the larger trends in the nation and the world.

Keywords

Advertising--Sex-oriented businesses; Sex-oriented businesses; Sex--Political aspects

Disciplines

Community-Based Research | Gender and Sexuality | Sociology

Language

English

Comments

Kate Hausbeck a.k.a. Kate Korgan

Repository Citation

Hausbeck, K., Brents, B. G., Jackson, C. (2006). Sex Industry and Sex Workers in Nevada. In Dmitri N. Shalin, The Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State 1-17.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/social_health_nevada_reports/24