"If you were given the power to unilaterally redesign the U.S. approach to prostitution, what would..."

"If you were given the power to unilaterally redesign the U.S. approach to prostitution, what would you change? My view is to differentiate street prostitution and indoor prostitution. I talk about the two-track policy in the book as one option in the U.S. Street prostitution would remain a criminal offense because of the social problems associated with it, but there would be much more resources put into trying to rehabilitate people working on the street. Track two would be de facto decriminalization: You stop enforcing the law against indoor workers, which means law enforcement doesn't go out of its way to stage stings unless there's some other evidence of a trafficking problem."

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It's time to legalize prostitution - Sex Work - Salon.com

I understand that Ronald Weitzer is being strategic by pitting indoor and outdoor prostitution against each other, but NO. Indoor and outdoor sex work are certainly different and require different approaches, but outdoor sex work won't be eradicated by indoor sex work becoming decriminalized. Continuing to criminalize outdoor workers as a form of negative reinforcement just isn't helping anyone. And neither, by the way, will the bright idea to criminalize clients - because the guys who get arrested are usually poor men of color.

I am a million times wary of the way Weitzer is encouraging a sex work class war.