Why Decriminalizing Sex Work is Good Criminal Justice Policy

Too lots of individuals are jailed and a lot of resources are invested targeting victimless criminal offenses.

Frequently, authorities abuse their powers and make use of or rape illegal sex employees.

Tough-on-crime policies cause mass imprisonment.

Apprehending grownups for consensual activities is an abuse of taxpayer cash.

Criminalizing sex work just enhances the damages connected with it.

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Citations:
1 “Crime Data Explorer,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, accessed March 26, 2020, https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/ FBI information reports that there were 24,944 arrests for “Prostitution and Commercialized Vice” in 2018.
2 Emily Bazelon, “Should Prostitution Be a Crime?” The New York Times, May 5, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/ magazine/should-prostitution-be- a-crime. html
3 Fraser Crichton, “Decriminalising Sex Work in New Zealand: Its History and Impact,” openDemocracy, August 21, 2015, https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/decriminalising-sex-work-in-new-zealand-its-history-and-impact
4 Meredith Dank, Jennifer Yahner, and Lilly Yu, “Consequences of Policing Prostitution: An Analysis of Individuals Arrested and Prosecuted for Commercial Sex in New York City,” Urban Institute, April 2017, https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/89451/ legal_aid_final_0. pdf
5 “Arrest the Violence: Human Rights Violations Against Sex Workers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia,” Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network, November 2009, https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/arrest-violence-human-rights-violations-against-sex-workers-11- countries-central-and-eastern
6 Paul N. Samuels, “Public Opinion Favors Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Reform, Making Now the Time to Act,” Legal Action Center, January 2016, https://www.lac.org/news/public-opinion-favors-criminal-justice-and-drug-policy-reform-making-now-the-time-to-act
7 Robert M. Hardaway, No Price Too High: Victimless Crimes and the Ninth Amendment (Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003).
8 “Assessment of Review of Operation of Article 64 A of the Sexual Offences Order (Northern Ireland) 2008: Offence of Purchasing Sexual Services,” Northern Ireland Department of Justice, September 17, 2019, https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/justice/assessment-of-impact-criminalisation-of-purchasing-sexual-services.pdf

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