CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Street Prostitution, Toronto Police Service, Escort Agency
Document Summary
The limits of the law: a critical examination of prostitution control in three canadian cities. Prostitution represents one of the more problematic & frustrating socio legal dilemmas confronting contemporary democratic societies. An important aspect of this dilemma is the contradiction between the liberal idea that prostitution is a victimless crime which ought to be tolerate & the moral disapproval expressed by conservative & religious forces. This relation is complicated by the participation of many feminist groups who argue that prostitution represents the ultimate expression of patriarchal relations. Contemporary western societies have frequently adopted compromise positions where selected aspects of prostitution are prohibited by relatively minor criminal laws but prostitution itself is neither criminal nor fully legal. This unclear status leaves the participants trapped in an uncertain existence where their activities are tolerated much of the time by they are still vulnerable to police crackdowns & political manipulation.
