Prostitution is one of the oldest professions. It is as old as human civilization. As Bertrand Russell said, "Prostitution and prostitutes have existed in all ages and in all societies to meet the masculine needs of society. Thus long as the ideal of respectable women is considered to be a mother of great importance, the institution of marriage must be balanced by another institution that can genuinely be considered as part of it. The definition implies important meaning, i.e., it has existed throughout the ages and it exists to meet the needs of man. There is a clear-cut decision between two...

Working on this analysis revealed that there is a great deal of misunderstanding on the primary legislative strategies used by various jurisdictions to combat prostitution. Authors often gave widely varied accounts of the legal status of prostitution in a given nation. It follows that there was either a misconception or that it appeared to be. The primary issue stems from the differences in terminology used to characterize the definitions and legislative stances.The first thing we did was provide some clarification regarding the three primary methods for categorizing the jurisdictions.