criminal justice class essay

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Topic:

Should selling and trading sex be criminalized, decriminalized or legalized, and why?

please reading the five readings I have attached, and apply the writing to the essay

Draw on our assigned readings to answer this question in a 3-5 page (double spaced in 12-point font) persuasive essay. Your essay must summarize, analyze and evaluate different policy approaches to the legal regulation of the sex trade which you can find from the readings. This means, you have to define each approach and how it affects specific groups of people, and explain your evaluation of the models you think are harmful or helpful. You should specify the effects of your preferred model vs. other models of legal regulation on particular groups, for example youth under 18, transgender people, adults, or survivors of trafficking. You will not be graded based on the position you take, but on how persuasively you make your argument. Your paper should have the following components:

1) An introduction that explains why this is an important policy issue and states your position in the form of a clear thesis statement.

2) An analysis and critique of opposing perspectives in the debate about criminalization, legalization and decriminalization of selling or trading sex

3) A strong thesis statement answering the question of whether selling or trading sex independently or with a manager should be criminalized, legalized, or decriminalized for people in the sex trade and whether buying sexual services should be criminalized, legalized or decriminalized for their clients and why, and

4) Clear sub-claims and compelling evidence from the course readings to support your argument throughout the paper.

5) Proper citation for direct quotes as well as paraphrased passages from the reading. (Please see handout on citation, quotation and paraphrasing.) Make sure to refer to at least 5 assigned readings for this class from the 2nd half of the semester.

6) A strong, compelling conclusion that reviews your argument and discusses the broader implications.