At $2000/arrest US spent $1.7 Bil arresting #sexworkers from 2001-2011. This #GivingTuesday support #sexworkerrights https://www.givlet.org/donate/TK6A
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@aspasia_project Costs are from a mid-80s study, so the number is probably significantly under-estimated. https://www.courses.psu.edu/wmnst/wmnst001_atd1/Prostitution/facts.html …
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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 (voters, pundits, pols) seem likely to support one policy or another on basis of sentiment, values, not whether cost is $1B or $6B3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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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