De-Facto Decriminalization

De-Facto Decriminalization is a policy of intentional non-enforcement of laws against full-service sex work or prostitution, thus treating sex work in a given area as though it was actually decriminalized.
It is the standing policy of the Stallbrook Police Department under Chief Delbert Graham, supported by Mayor Jack Oskanian and the City Council. Combined with the Department's focus on community policing, harm reduction, and coordination with social service organizations such as the Jezebel Project, Stallbrook's model provides a constructive alternative to both the full-scale criminalization seen throughout the United States, and the so-called "Swedish Model" of attempting to abolish prostitution by targeting the clients of sex workers with the hopes of "ending demand" for commercial sex.
Adara Khan is encouraged to study Stallbrook's model of de-facto decriminalization, in the hopes that her research will debunk its effectiveness. To the dismay of Bridie Chase and Wolfe O'Cleary, Khan's research reveals that in fact the Stallbrook model improves the lives of sex workers and helps them and the police to better deter and respond to violence and other problems.
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