Too many people are incarcerated and too many resources are spent targeting victimless crimes.
Too often, police abuse their powers and exploit or rape illicit sex workers.
Tough-on-crime policies lead to mass incarceration.
Arresting adults for consensual activities is a misuse of taxpayer money.
Criminalizing sex work only amplifies the harms associated with it.
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Citations:
1 “Crime Data Explorer,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, accessed March 26, 2020, [ Ссылка ]. FBI data 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, [ Ссылка ].
3 Fraser Crichton, “Decriminalising Sex Work in New Zealand: Its History and Impact,” openDemocracy, August 21, 2015, [ Ссылка ].
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, [ Ссылка ].
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, [ Ссылка ].
6 Paul N. Samuels, “Public Opinion Favors Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Reform, Making Now the Time to Act,” Legal Action Center, January 2016, [ Ссылка ].
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 64A of the Sexual Offences Order (Northern Ireland) 2008: Offence of Purchasing Sexual Services,” Northern Ireland Department of Justice, September 17, 2019, [ Ссылка ].
