有组织卖淫行为源远流长,考察国内外历史,都历经了宗教卖淫到商业卖淫,国家组织到私人经营这么一个过程,而组织卖淫是否认定为犯罪,在不同国家、不同时期是有不同的规定的。文章主要分析了中西方组织卖淫的历史沿革和立法,以期对我国组织卖淫罪法律规定有所了解。 Organized prostitution goes back to ancient times and its history both at home and abroad has gone through the process of religious prostitution to commercial prostitution and state organization to private management. Whether organizing prostitution is criminalized varies from country to country at different times. The article mainly analyzes the history and legislation of the prostitution in the western countries, with a view to understanding the legal provisions of the crime of prostitution in our country.