- Police and prosecution resources normally used against sex workers can now be reallocated to other crimes

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- Resource Reallocation (Police and Prosecutor)
- Police abuses Could be Minizized
- Abuse of Sex workers Should Decrease

Possible Policy Benefits from the Decriminalization of Sex Work

Cunningham, Scott and Shah, Manisha. Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health, The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 85, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 1683–1715, https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdx065

Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health

Possible Reallocation of Criminal Justice System Resources after Decriminalization of Sex work

- Police cannot request sex in exchange for non-prosecution of sex workers or ask fro sex to puruse those who attacked the sex worker

Police abuse minimization as a result of the decriminalization of sex work

With sex work now no longer prosecuted and more funds in the owners pockets more security can be purchased for the sex workers and police officers can now more willingly investigate the crimes against sex workers

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