Rio L M
Arch Sex Behav. 1991 Apr;20(2):205-18. doi: 10.1007/BF01541945.
In maintaining criminal prohibitions on prostitution and prostitution-related activity, the United States has ignored the two alternative approaches successfully invoked in many other countries: legalization and decriminalization of prostitution. This article questions the justifications usually advanced in favor of criminal sanctions and against the two alternatives. Studies of prostitutes and their clients, as well as larger societal studies, undercut the arguments against decriminalization and legalization, and reveal that none of the traditional goals of imposing criminal sanctions (punishment, deterrence, and rehabilitation) are furthered by the current prohibition of prostitution. These studies also reveal the advantages offered by a system of decriminalized or legalized prostitution. Further policy arguments for the removal of such sanctions are discussed and legal arguments are offered to attempt to limit the reach of current criminal prostitution laws while the present system remains in effect.
在维持对卖淫及与卖淫相关活动的刑事禁令方面，美国忽视了许多其他国家成功采用的两种替代方法：卖淫合法化和非刑事化。本文对通常提出的支持刑事制裁以及反对这两种替代方法的理由提出质疑。对妓女及其嫖客的研究以及更广泛的社会研究削弱了反对非刑事化和合法化的论点，并表明当前对卖淫的禁令无助于实现实施刑事制裁的传统目标（惩罚、威慑和改造）。这些研究还揭示了卖淫非刑事化或合法化制度所带来的优势。文中讨论了取消此类制裁的进一步政策论据，并提出了法律论据，试图在现行制度仍然有效的情况下限制当前刑事卖淫法的适用范围。
