Prostitution law
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Prostitution law varies widely from country to country, and between jurisdictions within a country. Prostitution is legal in some parts of the world and regarded as a profession, while in other parts it is a crime punishable by death. In some jurisdictions prostitution is illegal. In other places prostitution itself (exchanging sex for money) is legal, but surrounding activities (such as soliciting in a public place, operating a brothel, and pimping) are illegal. In other jurisdictions prostitution is legal and regulated. In Western criminology, the research and analysis of prostitution usually falls within public order issues.
Prostitution legal and regulated
In some countries, prostitution is legal and regulated, though activities like pimping and street-walking are generally illegal. The degree of regulation varies by country, for example, not all countries require mandatory health checks (because such checks are seen as too intrusive, a violation of human rights and discriminatory, since the clients aren't subjected to them).
In some of these places, the regulations are very tight (e.g., Nevada), while other places (e.g., New Zealand) are very loosely regulated.
- Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal
- Asia:
- Europe: Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey
- North America: Mexico, Panama, United States (only in some rural counties of Nevada, see Prostitution in Nevada)
- Oceania: Australia (in most eastern states, see Prostitution in Australia), New Zealand
- South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
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