Why Offences Specific to Prostitution are Unjustified

What Are the Sexual Offences?

Unjustified Restrictions on Letters to the Editor

Douglas G. Altman Editors of medical journals accept that published research should be open to comment and correction in published correspondence ([1]; Box 1). “Post-publication peer review” enables comments on, clarifi cations of, and corrections to published research. All journals should have a correspondence page for this purpose. I previously criticised the effective “statute of limitations...

Why Prostitution Policy (Usually) Fails and What to Do about It?

This article describes and discusses the results of two comparative studies of prostitution policy in Europe that are complementary in their design and methodology. One is a comparison of 21 countries using a most different systems design; the other an in-depth comparison of Austria and The Netherlands, using a most similar systems design. The two studies found a remarkable continuity in the in...

Study Criticisms Unjustified

Pesticides on Human Subjects Concluded “No Effect,” Despite the Evidence The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) convened a panel of scientists in early 2003 to advise the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the scientific and ethical issues surrounding the use of toxicologic studies conducted by third parties on human subjects (NAS 2003). These studies are generally sponsored by chemi...

Juvenile hormone (JH) esterase: why are you so JH specific?

Juvenile hormone esterases (JHEs) from six insects belonging to three orders (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera) were compared in terms of their deduced amino acid sequence and biochemical properties. The four lepidopteran JHEs showed from 52% to 59% identity to each other and about 30% identity to the coleopteran and dipteran JHEs. The JHE of Manduca sexta was remarkably resistant to the ad...