Alison Bass

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Alison Bass is an assistant professor of journalism at West Virginia University and the author of "Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law."

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POMONA, CA - NOVEMBER 12: A man is arrested by police after he stopped his car to talk to a female police officer posing as a prostitute on Holt Boulevard, known to sex workers throughout southern California as "the track", during a major prostitution sting operation November 12, 2004 in Pomona, California. Approximately 60 to 80 men are arrested each night during the sting operations. Cars driven by the arrested men are seized and become city property until a $1000 fine is paid. Each vehicle is then labeled with a large window sticker stating that the car was ?seized for solicitation of prostitution? and the photos of the men appear in a full-page ad in the local newspaper. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Group That Opposes Sex Work Gave Money to Prosecutors’ Offices — and Got Stings Against Johns in Return

Alison Bass

- Mar. 24, 2018

A prosecutor in King County, Washington, has become enmeshed with a group that promotes sting operations to abolish the sex industry.