Senate Bill 420 : The Issue Of Prostitution And Separating The Buyers From The Sellers

Senate Bill 420 would recast provisions by clearly defining prostitution and separating the buyers from the sellers. This bill not only defines the crime of prostitution but it also divides the crime into three sections: the involvement of the buyer, the involvement of the seller, and/or the involvement of a minor.

According to Jacqueline Barnhart in her book, “The Fair but Frail,” there is an increase of sex crimes in locations where prostitution was made legal. She also argues legalized prostitution promotes and contributes to

After defining the state-level CSEC program under SB 855, the Senate sought the need to draft another bill that would protect minors who engaged in prostitution-related conduct that, according to the bill’s conditions, would constitute a prostitution offense.

Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act (Homeland).

Four sections listed in the Criminal Code covers activities in relation to prostitution. Section 210 outlaws

The third proposal requires that pimps and Johns must, serve at least two months of jail. By serving months rather than weeks (according to current laws) pimps business will suffer. This will also give the victim a good amount of time to try to escape and start over a new life. Without a pimp a victim will more likely try to escape because no one else is going to control her. Every trafficker and John should also be required to attend a two week long course about prostitution. This course will include topics about sexual trafficking and help traffickers build a resume so they can become a contributing member of society after their jail time. The classes fee will be paid by the criminal rather than making it a state program, so taxpayers do

Being the oldest profession, prostitution will create employment opportunities for many workers and also be a significant source of revenue for the nation (Weitzer, 2011, p. 9). It is significant to note that until today, prostitution-associated businesses are not eligible to paying tax in the US. Legalizing prostitution will enable county authorities to have a legal platform for collecting tax from brothels among other adult entertainment businesses. Such generated revenue would help the authorities facilitate development projects. This would boost the economy and improve the quality of service delivery to all citizens.

Despite being multi facet in its proposal the Bill countenance opposition by the sex agencies Scarlett Alliance and the Australian Sex Party. The sex worker organisation Sacrelt Alliance presented a submission and argued that the Western Australian Prostitution Bill 2011 is not a practical model of sex trade regulation for WA, as it will create potential hurdle to the laws itself and at considerable cost to the taxpayer Scarlet Alliance (2010).

Prostitution has been around as long as human beings have engaged in sexual activities, and it is even touted as the world’s oldest profession. Despite these proclamations, the subject of prostitution continues to spark controversy in the United States in moderns times as it is a hot debate topic. Off and on, throughout the years, various states around the country have proposed that the practice should be decriminalized; however, it remains illegal nationwide, except for a few counties in Nevada. The reasons for this stem from both sides of the argument, as anti-prostitution advocates claim decriminalization of prostitution is immoral and sexually exploitative, while pro-prostitution advocates want to keep the government out of the bedrooms of consenting adults. No matter the stance for or against prostitution, the current legal construction surrounding it is undeniably harmful. Regardless of the arguments against prostitutes, it is time to decriminalize the laws against this practice to protect the rights of sex workers.

Deep-seated opinions and radical views come and go, but one that prevails (with topics such as the legalization of marijuana) is the legalization of the profession that has been around for thousands of years—prostitution. The dispute over whether prostitution should be legalized has long troubled many American citizens as well as becoming an extremely controversial issue in America. Although many spiteful claims have been made about the act of prostitution, the truths are slowly beginning to resurface. Disregarding moral accounts, there are far more political and diplomatic facets that must be taken into account when making a national decision of this caliber. Prostitution can be used for professional purposes and can also be used as another form of tax revenue and the only people that are benefitting from this business are pimps who are making hefty profits, tax-free. I believe that prostitution should be legalized because it could help the economy and society as a whole; if the government regulated it, it would be a taxable business. Although deemed immoral, Legalizing prostitution comes with a major benefit, a positive economic impact to the country it was legalized in; this reason could help America thrive economically.

Thesis: The criminalization of prostitution does more harm than good when often women are left unprotected, both socially and legally, and therefore, the United States should make efforts to decriminalize and regulate prostitution instead.

Proponents claimed that the promotion legalized sex, increases the chances of an open sex market. Since other countries have a legalized prostitution they, have seen a mild increase in human trafficking.They argue legalizing prostitution may be legalizing the prostitution industry as a whole. In addition, some say when decriminalize sex workers, you also decriminalize the pimps, and the brothels. Although they do show increases, the planned legislative process I am promoting, would prohibited the pimps (or johns) to earn a stationary living on the earnings of any sex worker. Brothel owners and operators will be

Prostitution, is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, as the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment. Prostitution should not be a crime because it has no victim. The prostitute, is in no way, committing a crime on society. While nearly 200 countries around the world have outlawed prostitution, many countries such as Germany and New Zealand have legalized the act. Prostitution also brings in an estimated $99 billion in illegal revenues every year (Glazer). The past 20 years have seen many different changes that would have never been heard of in the 1950’s such as cloning, gay marriage, abortion, and

Human trafficking can be defined in a variety of ways but is defined as the “recruitment, transportation, transferring, harbouring or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, or deception for the purpose of exploitation” (McLaughlin).

According to the United Nations, human trafficking is: “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, …, by means of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payment or benefits to achieve the consent of a