This module will examine a variety of debates surrounding the sale of personal sexual services including some of the following: theoretical discourses on female and male prostitution; issues of legislation and policy with regard to prostitution; the growth and implications of sex tourism and sex trafficking; `mail order' brides; juvenile prostitution; issues of risk and safety; historical dimensions of prostitution.

One 3,000 word essay weighted at 50% (Learning Outcome 1, 2 and 3)
One seminar portfolio consisting of five, 500 word short essays weighted at 50% (Learning Outcome 1, 2, 3 and 4)

This blended learning module will consist of 300 hours, of which 18 hours will be class contact (12 hours as whole group contact and 6 hours of part group contact), 6 hours of e-learning work 3 as part of groups and 3 hours independently and 282 hours of guided independent learning. Whole Group contact consists of formal lectures supported by video footage and Power-point presentations.

Part group contact will be more informal seminars/workshops based on guided readings or activities, working through key issues prepared in advance by students and partly around preparation for assessment and guidance for independent work as well as guidance over source materials, print materials such as policy documents and newspaper articles and electronic sources.

The blended learning element comes in the form of the 6 virtual learning sessions. 3 of these will involve the use of 'learning families' where the students will have an online discussion with other students in their 'learning family' based on questions coming out of a given reading. In the remaining 3 virtual sessions the students will work independently posting critical comments on the set reading or answering set questions on the reading and posting their responses onto the VLE Discussion Board. There are a further 276 hours of guided independent learning.

Audio Visual equipment.
Access to internet, email and Blackboard.
Rooms suitable for large and small group work.
Facilities suitable for disabled students.

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Brown. L. (2001) Sex Slaves: The Trafficking of Women in Asia
Bullough V, Bullough B (1987) Women and Prostitution: a Social History 306.742
HUMAN RIGHT'S WATCH/ Asia (1995) Rape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women to India's Brothels for Profit.
Kelly.L. & Regan. L. (2000) Stopping Traffic: Exploring the extent of, and responses to, trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in the UK.
O McKeganey, N, Barnard M (2003) Sex Work on the Streets: Prostitutes and Their Clients
Barrett D. (1997)[ed] Child Prostitution in Britain
O'Neill. GOODE & HOPKINS (1995) 'Juvenile Prostitution: the Experiences of Young Women in Residential Care', Childright, January.
Outshhom, J (Editor) (2003) The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic States and the Globalisation of Sex Commerce
Scrambler G & Scrambler A (eds)(1997) Rethinking Prostitution: Purchasing Sex in the 1990s