Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Effects of Legal Prostitution

Back in 2003, Rhode Island lawmakers realized that they had inadvertently made indoor prostitution legal. It took them 6 years to decide what to do about it. What happened in the meantime was the subject of a study by researchers.

By Madeleine Brand • Jul 23, 2014 • 1 min read

Back in 2003, Rhode Island lawmakers realized that they had inadvertently made indoor prostitution legal. It took them 6 years to decide what to do about it. What happened in the meantime was the subject of a study by researchers.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Andrew Walsh
Too Beautiful to Live
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Manisha Shah
Associate Professor of Public Policy at UCLA and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Effects of Legal Prostitution

Back in 2003, Rhode Island lawmakers realized that they had inadvertently made indoor prostitution legal. It took them 6 years to decide what to do about it. What happened in the meantime was the subject of a study by researchers.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Effects of Legal Prostitution

Back in 2003, Rhode Island lawmakers realized that they had inadvertently made indoor prostitution legal. It took them 6 years to decide what to do about it. What happened in the meantime was the subject of a study by researchers.

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