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Challenges For Investigating Sex Trafficking: The Role Of Decriminalized Prostitution, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Melanie Shapiro Esq
Challenges For Investigating Sex Trafficking: The Role Of Decriminalized Prostitution, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Melanie Shapiro Esq
Donna M. Hughes
This presentation is a case study of challenges to investigating sex trafficking created by decriminalized prostitution. For 29 years (from 1980 to 2009) in Rhode Island, engaging in prostitution was not prohibited or regulated. Commercial sex acts were private and beyond the interest of the state. Lack of laws or regulations of prostitution created a permissive legal, economic, and cultural environment for the growth of prostitution businesses. Local police were impeded from investigating alleged sex trafficking because police had no legal cause to investigate private activities. In interviews, law enforcement officials repeatedly stated that they did not have the laws …
Victory In Rhode Island, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Michael Horowitz
Victory In Rhode Island, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Michael Horowitz
Donna M. Hughes
Speak Your Voice On Prostitution Bill, Donna L. Landry, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Speak Your Voice On Prostitution Bill, Donna L. Landry, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
Rhode Island Left Out Of Fbi Initiative, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Rhode Island Left Out Of Fbi Initiative, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes
Media Attention Gets Inspections At Middletown Spa-Brothel, Melanie Shapiro Esq, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Media Attention Gets Inspections At Middletown Spa-Brothel, Melanie Shapiro Esq, Donna M. Hughes Dr.
Donna M. Hughes