Legalization of crimes against the moral order: Results from the 1995 United States survey of gaming and gambling

Gender Equality, Liberalism and Attitude Toward Prostitution: Variation in Cross-National Study

“…They also found no relationship between attitudes toward prostitution and other variables, such as age and gender. These inconsistent findings among previous studies may be related to their use of different target populations, (e.g., Cao and Maguire 2013;Cosby et al 1996;May 1999 Finally, those who retain an adverse stance toward prostitution may largely rest on their religious belief that prostitution is a sin. Stated differently, prostitution is traditionally considered a crime against public morals (Jakobsson and Kotsadam 2011;Räsänen and Wilska 2007).…”

“…For instance, Stack et al (2010) reported that younger individuals and males are more tolerant toward prostitution than older aged ones and females. Basow and Campanile (1990) also found that women are more likely to exhibit an unfavorable attitude toward prostitution (see also Cosby et al 1996;May 1999;Räsänen and Wilska 2007). Prostitution may facilitate infidelity among married couples in which the husband patronizes prostitutes, which may account for women's more negative attitude Cao and Maguire 2013).…”

“…Older participants are more tolerant of prostitution than younger ones (Cosby et al 1996;Cao and Maguire 2013). Cao and Stack (2010) conceived of educational level as a proxy of liberalism, which indicates Bone's openness to new concept and new trend^(p. 534).…”

Exploring terra incognita: Family values and prostitution acceptance in China

“…Some were largely qualitative descriptive studies (Cosby, May, Frese, & Dunaway, 1996) and some only included bivariate analysis (Abrams & Della Fave, 1976;Basow & Campanile, 1990;Cosby et al, 1996;Sawyer et al, 2001). Cosby et al (1996) reported that males, Whites, and Catholics were more likely than females, non-Whites, and Protestants to support the legalization of prostitution. Abrams and Della Fave (1976) included two attitudinal variables in their study and found that religiosity and authoritarianism were both correlated with the attitude toward prostitution.…”

Reducing Adolescent Risk: Toward an Integrated Approach

“…In the same year, a telephone survey of just over 1,500 adult members of households found that 70 percent said that gambling should be legal (Cosby et al, 1996). Slightly more said alcohol should be legal and somewhat fewer indicated likewise for cigarettes.…”