From the
Spectator article:
Legalisation of prostitution in Germany, Holland and Australia has not led to a decrease in violence, HIV rates or in fewer women being murdered.
No support for this assertion is given in the article, though perhaps she presents some in her book. However, in a
review study paper in the
The Lancet (available free with a free
Lancet account) I found the following:
An increasing number of reports show how punitive laws and policies governing sex work, including criminalisation of some or all aspects of sex work, incarceration, demolition of red-light districts (due to punitive policy changes) and legal restrictions on where sex workers operate, elevate HIV acquisition and transmission risks.
