Selling Sex Overseas

Ko-lin Chin is Professor II (Distinguished) at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark and author of many books, including Heijin: Organized Crime, Business, and Politics in Taiwan and Golden Triangle: Inside Southeast Asia Drug Trade.James O. Finckenauer is Professor Emeritus and a Professorial Fellow at Rutgers University-Newark, and author or co-author of many books, including Asian Transnational Organized Crime. Professor Finckenauer was formerly Director of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice, and is past President of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime and of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

"In recent times some scholars have begun to question some commonly held beliefs on the relation between sex trafficking and prostitution. Along this path of inquiry, Selling Sex Overseas: Chinese Women and the Realities of Prostitution and Global Sex Trafficking is a meaningful and interesting contribution, which challenges the conventional wisdom about sex trafficking that guides national and international regulatory frameworks. [] The book will certainly be of interest to readers of this Journal. It is well written and suitable to both an experienced and non-specialist audience. It should be valuable not only to scholars in the fields of criminology, sociology, and gender studies, but also to all those interested in the complex relation between sex trafficking and prostitution such as policy-makers and social activists." (Trends in Organized Crime) "Selling Sex Overseasis an important and timely book. It should prompt scholars, policymakers and advocates to reexamine previously held assumptions about sex trafficking and prostitution. Chin and Finckenauer demonstrate that researchers can reach key actors in the sex industry and build the rapport necessary to learn about their experiences....Selling Sex Overseasis an excellent read. It should provoke important conversations about both the nature of the transnational commercial sex industry and the problem of trafficking persons for sex." - Amy Farrell (Rutgers: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books) "[The authors'] work thus has implications for national and international public policies. I highly recommend this book for scholars in fields of sociology, gender studies, and area studies." - Shu-Ju Ada Cheng,Associate Professor in Sociology, DePaul University "A groundbreaking and riveting book, providing a fascinating picture of Asian sex markets. The authors mine a mountain of field data on the experiences of Chinese women who migrate to cities in Asia and beyond in search of work in the sex industry. Sociologically rich and highly policy relevant, the book offers a unique window into the complex and variegated nature of both transnational migration and sexual commerce." - Ronald Weitzer,author of Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business "Impressive in its scope, Selling Sex Overseas is sure to challenge conventional wisdom about sex trafficking. The authors call forand execution ofcomprehensive empirical research makes it a significant contribution to the growing body of work seeking to improve our understanding of the transnational organization of commercial sex and to confront the often harmful assumptions about the nature and extent of sexual slavery that guide national and international policy." - Jody Miller,author of Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence "This fascinating book takes you inside the trafficking of Asian women. . . .explaining how the system works who are the traffickers, where does their money go and how corruption allows this business to persist. A unique work that will be valuable to scholars, policy-makers and all those trying to understand the complexity of trafficking in a part of the world where the problem is so pervasive." - Louise Shelley,author of Human Trafficking: A Global Perspective "This kind of book can appeal to both abolitionists who write about human trafficking and to sex-positive feminists who provide empirical weight to women's agency and their choice to engage in sexual commerce." (Choice)

• Acknowledgments 1. What Is Sex Trafficking? 2. Going Down to the Sea 3. The Women 4. The Destinations 5. The Sex Markets 6. The Traffickers 7. Supply and Demand: Follow the Money 8. Response and Rescue: How the System Works 9. The Reality and the Myths: A Critical Analysis of Sex Trafficking 10. The Politics of Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Notes References Index About the Authors