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Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution - Securb - 07-18-2014

This was big news up here. This is the first time I have seen the stats on crime and public health. Very interesting.

Quote:For decades, few people noticed that legislators in Providence had deleted crucial language from Rhode Island state law in 1980. It wasn't until a 2003 court case that police, to their chagrin, discovered they couldn't prevent prostitutes and their customers from engaging in commercial exchange.

For the next six years until legislators corrected their error, the oldest profession was not a crime in Rhode Island -- and public health and public safety substantially improved as a result, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The statewide incidence of gonorrhea among women declined by 39 percent, and the number of rapes reported to police in the state declined by 31 percent, according to the paper.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/17/when-rhode-island-accidentally-legalized-prostitution-rape-and-stis-decreased-sharply/?wpsrc=AG0003376

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RE: Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution - Agileguy - 07-18-2014

Wow, that's fascinating.

RE: Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution - Securb - 07-18-2014

(07-18-2014, 06:23 PM)Agileguy Wrote: Wow, that's fascinating.

I have a buddy on the RI/MA border with a bit of disposable cash. He was going down there on the reg to get his pipes cleaned. A lot of the massage parlors/brothels were setup in strip malls. No secret winks or nods needed. Just walk through the door drop your pants and throw a fist full of fives in the air.

RE: Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution - LesStrat - 07-18-2014

The correlation with the decline in rapes is interesting, yet questionable.

RE: Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution - beaubrummels - 07-18-2014

They declined in Idaho too. They all went to Rhode Island?

RE: Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution - Dr. Vegetable - 07-23-2014

(07-18-2014, 08:17 PM)beaubrummels Wrote: They declined in Idaho too. They all went to Rhode Island?

Genetically modified corn.

RE: Rhode Island accidentally legalized prostitution - Speng - 07-23-2014

Everyone's getting their corn ground in Idaho.