Analyzing the principles, considerations, and official explanations underpinning (de)criminalization of sexual relations between same-sex partners can highlight that around mid-twentieth century medicalizing references were used in legal societal judgments on intimacy Hungary (and elsewhere). In this study, we want to illustrate medicalization process social issues otherwise seem difficult “sol...

Certain markets are illicit because part of the supply is coerced, but little known about optimal regulation such markets. We model a prostitution market with voluntary and coerced prostitutes ask what can restore benchmark outcome that would arise under laissez-faire absent coercion. Whereas current policies—decriminalization, criminalization buy or sell sides, licensing—are ineffective agains...

victimless crimes refers to those offences which do not violate or threaten the rights of anybody and thus no particular person would be regarded as the victim of the crime. this issue is dealt with in a number of researches in criminology and what is recently known as victimology. the implication of such idea is that such behaviors should not be regarded as illegal. there are different views a...

The aim of this paper is to provide a panoramic view of laws and policies on abortion around the world, giving a range of country-based examples. It shows that the plethora of convoluted laws and restrictions surrounding abortion do not make any legal or public health sense. What makes abortion safe is simple and irrefutable—when it is available on the woman’s request and is universally afforda...

Historically, laws and policies to criminalize drug use or possession were rooted in explicit racism, they continue wreak havoc on certain racialized communities. We are a group of bioethicists, experts, legal scholars, criminal justice researchers, sociologists, psychologists, other allied professionals who have come together support policy proposal that is evidence-based ethically recommended...

A crime becomes a when the public danger is defined properly. The concepts of «public» and «danger» form basis concept danger, which an indicator for criminalization decriminalization act. paper provides lexical doctrinal analysis its social significance problems developing criteria definition in relation to benefits human rights. historical relevance need enshrine it current Criminal Code Russ...