... should not be a crime. If no one is getting hurt, then don't mess with them. However, that is the overall question as to whether someone is truly hurt by these victimless crimes. To determine whether this type of conduct should be a crime, one must first determine whether anyone is hurt by this type of conduct. Many people believe that there has been ... hard to believe that something that seems to some as having no victim actually contains and may affect more people and have more victims than crimes "victimless crimes" affect our whole society. I believe that these "victimless crimes" ...

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... , sex, or womanhood. While morality debates may rage on, it does seem rather strange that almost all state governments in the U.S. and Canada still prohibit what seems to be a harmless, victimless activity. In a 1998 survey of 475 prostitutes led by Dr. Melissa Farley of Prostitution Research and Education, 62% had been raped since entering the profession, and 46% had been raped ... pleasure, although being assaulted. A socially responsible government would provide these victims of violence with a place to turn for help, but unfortunately, there is no way for them to redress the crimes c...

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