My Annotated Bibliography

I'll be honest here and say that this particular assignment has taken a bit of the back burner in the fact that I have only a few preliminary sources that I have only skimmed through, planning on going back and in depth with them at a later date.  Plus combined with leaving for Texas for Spring Break, I'll admit that finishing up on blog posts and assignments has not been in the forefront of my mind.  Still, I'll post here what sources I have found so far and do my best to give comments on them.

Starting with the books I have found.  

Reynolds, H. (1986). The economics of prostitution. Sprigfield: CHARLES C THOMAS.

 The purpose of this book was to discover and analyze the economic and political structures in different communities that tolerate, allow or control prostitution.  What I really like about this book is that it doesn't really give a side for or against prostitution.  It is more neutral in regards to that.  It gives suggestions that would help control and regulate prostitution, gives pros and cons, and ways to help lower the costs of prostitution victimization.  Although it is a bit dated, I find it very informative.  As for the author, as of yet I haven't researched her to be able to say if she is an expert on the topic or not.  Only that she is an economist diving into a field where mainly sociologists and psychologists dwell.

Connelly, M. T. (1980). The response to prostitution in the progressive era. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press.

 To be very honest I haven't looked over this book yet and am not sure if this will make it into the final product of my annotated bibliography, but it did seem promising as I skimmed a few details.  

This blog source I found seemed to be really well placed and well filled with statistics about prositution so I will include it in my annotated bibliography.  

 

Misconceptions regarding prostitution [Web log message]. (2010, April 20). Retrieved from http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ander422/myblog/2010/04/misconceptions-regarding-prostitution.html

As I was doing a more thorough look through the blog I noticed that it was in fact, not an active blog, which is unfortunate, but it did hold good information.  I can't really say much about the author if he/she is an expert in this field as all I have to go with is their username, which doesn't allow me to look at a blogger profile or anything.  What really impressed me was the use of graphs and data that were posted in the different blog posts.  The author also seemed well informed and able to make interesting points.  The information did have sources as well.

I am still working through the online articles that I have found for a good research article, though I think I have found a few that will suit my needs well.  As for the other sources, I am still working on finding some sort of reliable source for those particular options.