Is Sex Work Decriminalization the Answer? What the Research Tells Us
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2020
Level
City or Town, National, State
State(s)
All States
Policy Areas
Health, Public Safety
This report synthesizes existing research on sex work in order to outline various approaches to addressing it through public health and public safety initiatives. It observes regulatory systems from across the United States as well as studies from other countries pursuing different approaches. Frameworks of legalization, decriminalization, regulation, and criminalization are all considered.