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Robert Pickton's Attitude Towards Prostitutes Sociology

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Secondly, the theory chosen for the social science discipline, sociology, is Marxism. The focus of this theory is on why Robert Pickton targeted prostitutes, the police’s attitude towards prostitutes, and why the majority of the prostitutes were aboriginal women. The Vancouver police did not have a positive attitude towards prostitutes since being a sex worker was also viewed as a crime at the time. John Lowman, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University said the police were moving prostitutes out of residential areas into industrial and commercial areas of Downtown Eastside over a decade. Lowman also said that the prostitutes were more isolated and hidden from view of the police allowed Robert Pickton and other predators to target them easier.

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