At $2000/arrest US spent $1.7 Bil arresting #sexworkers from 2001-2011. This #GivingTuesday support #sexworkerrights https://www.givlet.org/donate/TK6A
@swopusa (voters, pundits, pols) seem likely to support one policy or another on basis of sentiment, values, not whether cost is $1B or $6B
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@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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@aspasia_project Concerned about QOL issues, saying "We can save X by not policing street vice, spend X on parks & streets & schools" sells.
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@swopusa Yeah. Yeah! I should be less defeatist & confronting people with the true cost of their preferences is the economist-y thing to do.
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@swopusa btw--found the 2007 brief by Lyn Murphy at UMD, claimed 'avg' US city spend $7.5-16M vs. SW, or ">40% of public funds re: crime" -
@aspasia_project woah! Link please!
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@swopusa so--bad news is that the link here is down, but it's the second policy brief http://publicpolicy.umbc.edu/policy-briefs/ -
@swopusa this is the best copy I've found and it's a mess in my browser http://www.pdfio.net/k-39818511.html . . . HOWEVER -
@swopusa I've got the relevant paragraph excerpted as part of an email exchange with the author. Forward? -
@aspasia_project Yes please!!!
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@swopusa OK I've pastebin'd it--wasn't sure whether I ought to email the listed SWOP-USA address. http://pastebin.com/VTza1UiC -
@aspasia_project ultimately, the cost of the cheapest arrest (violation, no booking, trial) would cover a half-month studio rent.
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