In Chapter 3 there is a "Thinking Critically" box about legalizing prostitution. After reading that box and the rest of the chapter, including the "Issues in Social Problems - The Accidental Experiment: When Prostitution Became Legal," please answer the following questions:
What do you find to be the most convincing argument in support of legalizing prostitution and why?
What is the most convincing argument in opposition to this and why?
What related social problems might be lessened if we legalized it?
What problems might be made worse?
Finally, please identify 1 piece of objective data (i.e., a measurable statistic) about prostitution from the readings this week and convey it in your response. How might this data point change if prostitution is legalized? If you want to add a link to other, credible objective data and discuss that as well, please feel free.