CAASE Research
The following research has been conducted by CAASE staff and volunteers:

• Featured: "Our Great Hobby": An Analysis of Online Networks for Buyers of Sex in Illinois by Lara Janson with an introduction from Rachel Durchslag. Assistant Researchers: Heather Mann, Rachel Marro, Allyson Matvey. Trigger Warning: This report contains quotations with explicit content, including descriptions of sexual violence.

• "Deconstructing the Demand for Prostitution" by CAASE's Executive Director Rachel Durchslag and Samir Goswami: CAASE's research on 113 johns (men who buy sex) in Chicago reveals their attitudes and behaviors. Includes recommendations for how to prevent young men from becoming patrons in the sex trade. 

•  “Engaging Young Men in Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Report, Curriculum, and Recommended Resources” by Allison Dunn Burque
  
  
• "Engaging Men in Ending Gender-Based Violence" by CAASE Interns Victoria Carmona,
  Ana Grahovac and Jennifer Martin
  
  
• "Deconstructing The Demand for Prostitution Further Insights: A Comparison of Men Who Purchase Sex Indoors Versus Outdoors” by Carrie George
  
  
• "Further Insights from “Deconstructing the Demand for Prostitution”:
  Men Who Purchase Sex: Pornography Consumption, Sexual Abuse History and Perceptions of Prostituted Women" by CAASE Intern Darci Jenkins
  
  
• “John School Evaluation” by Alison Gillings and Michelle Willoughby
  
  
• "Men Working to End Violence against Women" by Ashley Horn, Carina Homan, and Veronica Farley
  
  
• “A Response to Sex Trafficking Chicago Style: Follow the Sisters, Speak Out” by Kaethe Morris Hoffer, CAASE Legal Director. Published in University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
  
  
• “National and International Public Awareness Campaigns" by CAASE Interns, Asia Piekarz, Emily Cowan and Brittany Finkeldey.
  
  
• "Why Backpage has it backwards: The Roles of Craigslist, Backpage, and Demand in Commercial Sexual Exploitation" by CAASE Intern Erika Rist
  
  
• "When Humans Become Commodities: Minimizing Costs, Maximizing Profit, and the Exploitation Inherent to the Sex Industry" by CAASE Intern Erika Rist
  
  
• “Demand Deterrence Strategies: International Initiatives to Eliminate Demand for the Sex Trade” by Michelle Willoughby
  
  
• National Service Providers for Commercially Sexually Exploited Individuals compiled by CAASE.
  
  
• National Advocacy Organizations Working To End Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking compiled by CAASE
  
  
• Chicago-based Organizations doing Outreach, Direct Service and Advocacy for People Impacted by Sex Trade compiled by CAASE
  
  
• "A Survey of Men’s Understanding of the Sex Trade Industry" by CAASE Intern Kendra Harding
  
  

Local Research: Prostitution in Chicago and Cook County
Studies from scholars in Chicago and Illinois.

• "The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth in Illinois" by Jessica Ashley
  
  
• "Unlocking Options for Women: A Survey of Women in Cook County Jail" from the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
  
  
• "The Realities of Human Trafficking in Cook County: Strategies for Ending the Exploitation of Women and Girls" by the Commission of Women's Issues
  
  
• "Buying Sex" by Samir Goswami
  
  
• "Curbing the Demand For Prostitution" by Daria Mueller
  
  
• "The Intersystem Assessment on Prostitution in Chicago" Prepared by Emily Muskovitz Sweet on behalf of the City of Chicago's Mayor's Office On Domestic Violence
  
  
• "The Prostitution of Women and Girls in Metropolitan Chicago: A Preliminary Prevalence Report" by Claudine O'Leary and Olivia Howard
  
  
• "Domestic Sex Trafficking of Chicago Women and Girls" by Jody Raphael and Jessica Ashley
  
  
• "From Victims to Victimizers: Interviews with 25 Ex-Pimps in Chicago” by Jody Raphael and Brenda Myers-Powell
  
  
• "Sisters Speak Out: The Lives and Needs of Prostituted Women in Chicago" by Jody Raphael and Deborah Shapiro

Sexual Assault Research

• "Taking Rape Seriously: Sexual Assault in Cook County" a report from the DePaul University College of Law Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center
  
  
• "Acquaintance Rape Fact Sheet" from the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  
  
• "Economic Costs of Sexual Assault" from the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault“
  
  
• "Location of Rape Crisis Center Medical Advocacy Services in Cook County” Map by: Loyola University Chicago, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy, David J. Treering, GIS Specialist, 2009

National and International Research

• "Final Report on the Evaluation of the First Offender Prostitution Program" by ABT Associates, Inc.
  
  
• "Targeting the Buyer. The Swedish Example: Stopping Prostitution and Trafficking Where it all Begins." Kajsa Claude,
  
  
• “Attitudes and Social Characteristics of Men Who Buy Sex in Scotland”  by Melissa Farley, Jan Macleod, Lynn Anderson, and Jacqueline M. Golding
  
  
•  "Attitudes toward prostitution and acceptance of rape myths” by Melissa Farley
  
  
•  "Bad for the Body, Bad for the Soul” by Melissa Farley
  
  
• “Comparing Sex Buyers with Men Who Don’t Buy Sex” by Melissa Farley et al
  
  
• “Renting an Organ for 10 Minutes” by Melissa Farley
  
  
• "What Money Buys: Clients of Street Sex Workers in the US" by Marina Della Giusta
  
  
• “The Demand for Victims of Sex Trafficking” by Donna Hughes
  
  
• "Best Practices to Address the Demand Side of Sex Trafficking” by Donna Hughes
  
  
• "Challenging Men’s Demand for Prostitution in Scotland” by Jan Macleod, Melissa Farley, Lynn Anderson, and Jacqueline Golding
  
  
• "Men's Practices in Prostitution and Their Implications for Social Work" by Sven-Axel Mansson
  
  
• "Focusing on the Clients of Street Prostitutes: A Creative Approach to Reducing Violence Against Women- Summary Report” by Martin Monto
  
  
• "Recidivism Among the Customers of Female Street Prostitutes: Do Intervention Programs Help?” by Martin Monto
  
  
• "A Comparison of the Male Customers of Female Street Prostitutes with National Samples of Men" by Martin Monto
  
  
• "Prostitution and Fellatio" by Martin Monto
  
  
• "Prostitution on Demand” by Janice Raymond
  
  
• "Primer on the Male Demand for Prostitution" by Ilvi-Joe-Cannon
  
  
• "Why Do Johns Use Pornography? Predicting Consumption of Pornography by Clients of Street Level Prostitutes" by Richard Tewksbury