Title: Prostitution law - Wikipedia
Headings: Prostitution law
Prostitution law
Contents
Overview
Legal themes
General
Economic and health issues
Human trafficking
Legislation models
Prohibitionism
Neo-abolitionism
Abolitionism
Legalization
Decriminalization
Demographic impact
Gender
Developed vs. developing countries
Views of prohibitionists
Regulated prostitution
Mandatory health checks
Labour laws
Status of unregulated sex work
Worldwide laws
Prohibitionism
Neo-abolitionism
Legality varies with local laws
Abolitionism
Legalization
Decriminalization
Enforcement
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Economic and health issues
Maxwell (2000) and other researchers have found substantial evidence that there is strong co-occurrence between prostitution, drug use, drug selling, and involvement in non-drug crimes, particularly property crime. Because the activity is considered criminal in many jurisdictions, its substantial revenues are not contributing to the tax revenues of the state, and its workers are not routinely screened for sexually transmitted diseases which is dangerous in cultures favouring unprotected sex and leads to significant expenditure in the health services. According to the Estimates of the costs of crime in Australia, there is an "estimated $96 million loss of taxation revenue from undeclared earnings of prostitution". On top of these physical issues, it is also argued that there are psychological issues that prostitutes face from certain experiences and through the duration or repetition. Some go through experiences that may result "in lasting feelings of worthlessness, shame, and self-hatred". De Marneffe further argues that this may affect the prostitute's ability to perform sexual acts for the purpose of building a trusting intimate relationship, which may be important for their partner. The lack of a healthy relationship can lead to higher divorce rates and can influence unhealthy relationship to their children, influencing their fut