Editors
Dmitri N. Shalin
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2012
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:
26
Abstract
Las Vegas has long been known as the symbolic center of the commercial sex industry. Nevada is host to the only legal system of prostitution in the United States. From the early legalization of quickie divorce and marriage to the marketing of its large resorts, sexuality has been a key component of Nevada’s tourist economy. If trends continue, for good or for ill, the sex industry will be an even larger part of the economy in the future.
Keywords
Child prostitution--U.S. states; Male prostitution; Prostitution--Economic aspects; Sex-oriented businesses
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Gender and Sexuality | Immune System Diseases | Sociology | Virus Diseases
Language
English
Repository Citation
Heineman, J.,
MacFarlane, R. T.,
Brents, B. G.
(2012).
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
1-26.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/social_health_nevada_reports/48
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