The United States community’s deal with different types of crimes, and victimless crimes are one of them. In fact, the majority of the civilians that live in this neighborhoods do not any idea what victimless crimes is. There are some parts of the community where people that solicit themselves in exchange for money. These women that are out on the streets are called prostitutes, and prostitution is a victimless crime. This analysis will take a closer look into prostitution, the pros and cons of legalizing prostitution, and determine whether or not prostitution is to be considered a victimless crime. As stated previously, prostitution is just like any other victimless crimes that go on in the neighborhood. In fact, according to (Victimless Crimes, 2002), “Prostitution, drug use, gambling, and homosexual sexual activity and sodomy are all examples of behaviors that certain persons and groups have labeled as victimless crimes” (para.1). In addition, not only do women solicit themselves for money, so do men. Some street workers, have pimps that are sell them …show more content…
As a result of victimless crimes the question whether to legalize prostitution. The pros that would come with legalizing prostitution would be that there would be a decrease in the sex workers that are on the streets. It would also help keep the health of sex workers on record, due to the fact that sex workers can be safer and have safer sex and not pass AIDS, HIV, or any other sexual transmitted diseases (Raymond, 2003). In contrast to the pros of legalizing prostitution, are the cons to legalizing prostitution. Furthermore, with legalization of prostitution would downgrade women and make the exploitation of children sex workers more vulnerable. In addition, it would give the wrong impression to little girls that it is okay to sell themselves for money in order to solve a solution to their own personal problems (Datta, & Post,