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Here Comes the Sun

What to read when it arrives

by Our Editors | Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The Greatest Escapes

The Greatest Escapes

The 13 boldest getaways in literature

by Our Editors | Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The Seven Best Books We’ve Ever Received

The Seven Best Books We’ve Ever Received

‘Tis the season

by Our Editors | Tuesday, December 18, 2018
A Monstrous Mash-Up

A Monstrous Mash-Up

Six Gothic Tales From the 18th Century to Today

by Ellen Ledoux | Monday, October 29, 2018
The 12 Best British Detective Shows To Watch This Halloween

The 12 Best British Detective Shows To Watch This Halloween

Gray sweaters and cunning sleuths abound

by Our Editors | Friday, October 26, 2018
A Tingling Spine Every Time

A Tingling Spine Every Time

Some of classical music’s most sublime moments

by Sudip Bose | Tuesday, October 02, 2018
Professor Raskolnikov at the Lectern

Professor Raskolnikov at the Lectern

14 fictional characters who wouldn’t do anything by the book

by Our Editors | Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Dog Days and Dog-Eared Pages

Dog Days and Dog-Eared Pages

A summer reading list, Scholar-style

by Our Editors | Tuesday, August 14, 2018
The Ones That Got Away

The Ones That Got Away

21 authors who’ve settled down in the sunny Mediterranean—and you can too!

by Our Editors | Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Many Monsters or Monstrous Men—A Listicle Duel About Literary Villains

Many Monsters or Monstrous Men—A Listicle Duel About Literary Villains

Two SCHOLAR editors clash over what books to read this Halloween season

by Our Editors | Thursday, October 26, 2017
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What the Jeffrey Epstein Case Can Teach Us About Sex Trafficking

by Scott W. Stern

Financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Saturday and charged with new counts of sex trafficking. Epstein was previously investigated for alleged sex crimes, a controversial case that ended when he signed a nonprosecution agreement and served a 13-month jail sentence, with generous “work-release” privileges. In his article for the Scholar’s summer issue, Scott W. Stern refers to the Epstein case in highlighting the complexity of prostitution laws in the United States, which often make no distinction between consensual sex workers and trafficked ones—meaning that many trafficking victims are arrested and prosecuted while the men who solicit sex are let off the hook. “Trafficking survivors are likelier to go to the authorities,” he writes, “if they won’t be thrown in prison—or deported—as a result.”