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.
Jailing grownups for consensual activities is an abuse of taxpayer cash.
Criminalizing sex work just enhances the damages connected with it.
Find out more at https://decriminalizesex.work/why-decriminalization/briefing-papers/good-criminal-justice-policy/
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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