What Is the Crime of Prostitution?
What Is the Crime of Prostitution?Answer: Prostitution is providing sexual services in exchange for compensation. In most states offering sexual services or agreeing to provide those services in exchange for money is considered prostitution whether or not the services are provided. In most jurisdictions, the person offering sexual services is not the only one who can be charged with a crime. The person who pays for the sexual services, sometimes called “Johns,” can face charges of solicitation of prostitution. And of course any middleman involved in the transaction can be charged for pimping or pandering. Sometimes called “the oldest profession,” prostitution can take many forms, from streetwalkers and brothels, to sophisticated call-girl or escort services and elaborate sex tourism operations.
