At $2000/arrest US spent $1.7 Bil arresting #sexworkers from 2001-2011. This #GivingTuesday support #sexworkerrights https://www.givlet.org/donate/TK6A
@swopusa I think I recall a more recent study.. will try to dig up. Tho in email exchange authoer was vague about her derivation
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@aspasia_project Yeah - I think it's a really labor-intensive estimate, and depends a lot on sentencing: For example, http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/18992826-418/county-officials-end-felony-arrests-for-prostitution.html#.VH1iEtLF9KA …
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@aspasia_project But - it'd difficult to compute cost of criminalization, regardless of how wellfunded research is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/marijuana-arrests-cost-racially-biased_n_3385756.html …
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@swopusa yeah, way too many moving parts. I'm wondering about the usefulness of these exercises from a political standpoint, in that people -
@swopusa (voters, pundits, pols) seem likely to support one policy or another on basis of sentiment, values, not whether cost is $1B or $6B -
@aspasia_project I think showing that A LOT of money is spent on "X" makes it a priority. It's alway a good argument. & for voters...
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