CRIM 1400 Lecture 8: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
6 Jun 2018
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● Fear crimes that are not as prevalent, but crimes that cause most damage are corporate
crimes which we tend to overlook
Four Different Frame of Sex Work
● Prohibitionist
○ Criminalized in society
○ Socially unacceptable
○ Public problem that we need to get rid of
● Abolitionist
○ People involved in sex work are victims as opposed to criminals
○ Focus on arrest of pimps
● Regulatory
○ Legal but with regulations
○ Lower level of social acceptance
● Legalizationist
○ Completely legal
○ Part of society
○ By legalizing it, we might be able to help those who are part of it
○ Normal employment
Key components
prohibitionist
abolitionist
regulationist
legalizationist
Is it socially
accepted?
no
no
Yes, but lower
level of
acceptance,
looked down
upon
yes
Can it be
voluntary?
no
Per definition
involuntary
Increased
vulnerability to
being forced
yes
Prostitution
policy
Criminalization
of prostitutes
Criminalization
of prostitution
but not
prostitutes
Strict regulation
of prostitution
legalization
● US was prohibitionist but is changing to abolitionist
● Netherlands was legalizationist but is changing to regulatory (maybe to abolitionist)
○ Countries in Europe should agree because they’re so small
○ Red light districts → huge police presence
Framing
● The Netherlands
○ 2000 lifted ban on brothels act which made many forms of prostitution legal
○ Explanation was that its existence was a fact
○ Let people go in and monitor these businesses
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Document Summary
Fear crimes that are not as prevalent, but crimes that cause most damage are corporate crimes which we tend to overlook. Public problem that we need to get rid of. People involved in sex work are victims as opposed to criminals. By legalizing it, we might be able to help those who are part of it. Yes, but lower level of acceptance, looked down upon. Us was prohibitionist but is changing to abolitionist. Netherlands was legalizationist but is changing to regulatory (maybe to abolitionist) Countries in europe should agree because they"re so small. Red light districts huge police presence. 2000 lifted ban on brothels act which made many forms of prostitution legal. Explanation was that its existence was a fact. Let people go in and monitor these businesses. Continues to be a historical problematization of sex work due to concerns about public order, public mores, and public health.
