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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I've always thought if it was legalized and regulated you could create areas of town where it was legal
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How would you feel if your area of town was chosen?
Would it be better to choose an already run-down area in the hope that legalised prostitution could somehow improve it?
I lived two streets away from what was known as a tolerance area. It wasn't officially tolerant but I witnessed the police turn a blind eye to prostitution more than once... a day for several months.
I've been to Amsterdam and had great time but there isn't a cat in hell's chance that I'd ever consider living there.
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from: http://www.sexualhealthmatters.com/v4iss3/article5.html
Tolerance zones
There have been many debates locally on Teesside about the need for tolerance zones in order to facilitate an area where adult prostitution can take place. However, there is a need to consider where such a tolerance zone would be situated. Moreover, in the 21st century, should society still be tolerating the abuse of children, young people and women, given the wealth of research and knowledge of how people become involved in prostitution? In addition, Middlesbrough residents total some 143,800 and the town covers a geographical area of 5390 hectares. Therefore the Cleveland Police view is simply that there is no space for such a zone within these tight geographical boundaries.
And the population of Middlesbrough has rejected zones in the past.
In the late 90’s when tolerance zones were considered, we saw an influx of kerbcrawlers coming to the town, who saw the area as soft on prostitution. Through the work of the Middlesbrough Crime and Disorder Prostitution Task Group and Cleveland Police, a strong anti-tolerance zones message was implemented to deter men coming to Middlesbrough for the purposes of purchasing sexual services.
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