Running head: IS PROSTITUTION VICTIMLESS?
Is Prostitution Victimless?
Katlyn Helm
Keiser University
Anyone with access to a TV, the internet or a newspaper can see that the world is not as peaceful and joyful as it once was twenty to thirty years ago. These days, crime is more easily perceived by society. Since everywhere someone looks, a crime is being committed, it is hard to get a shock factor. Crimes are classified into many different groups; for reasons from the age of the offender to the severity of the crime. There are people committing crimes like murder and rape but then there are the criminals that feel they are not hurting anyone but themselves. When a crime is committed there will always be someone left behind to pick up the pieces and feel the pain; there will always be a victim no matter the crime. …show more content…
So what happens to the families and the friends they leave behind? If a victimless crime was truly victimless, then the loved ones of the offender would go on living their lives happily without even the slightest emotional pang. According to Schaefer (2015), a person with a drinking problem may become abusive to a spouse or children; a compulsive gambler or drug user may steal to pursue his or her obsession (pg. 166-167). Just because the victim is not jumping out in front, does not mean that they are not there. From the child left alone, to the friend that got stolen from, there are plenty of victims to these so-called “victimless” crimes. There are too many circumstances to consider when discussing the true meaning of a victimless crime. These offenders have families they are leaving alone or people they are stealing from. By saying a victimless crime exists is to say that someone did not get robbed or treated like property. A true “victimless” crime would leave no one to feel the pain or pick up the pieces; there will always be someone paying the
Is Prostitution Victimless?
Katlyn Helm
Keiser University
Anyone with access to a TV, the internet or a newspaper can see that the world is not as peaceful and joyful as it once was twenty to thirty years ago. These days, crime is more easily perceived by society. Since everywhere someone looks, a crime is being committed, it is hard to get a shock factor. Crimes are classified into many different groups; for reasons from the age of the offender to the severity of the crime. There are people committing crimes like murder and rape but then there are the criminals that feel they are not hurting anyone but themselves. When a crime is committed there will always be someone left behind to pick up the pieces and feel the pain; there will always be a victim no matter the crime. …show more content…
So what happens to the families and the friends they leave behind? If a victimless crime was truly victimless, then the loved ones of the offender would go on living their lives happily without even the slightest emotional pang. According to Schaefer (2015), a person with a drinking problem may become abusive to a spouse or children; a compulsive gambler or drug user may steal to pursue his or her obsession (pg. 166-167). Just because the victim is not jumping out in front, does not mean that they are not there. From the child left alone, to the friend that got stolen from, there are plenty of victims to these so-called “victimless” crimes. There are too many circumstances to consider when discussing the true meaning of a victimless crime. These offenders have families they are leaving alone or people they are stealing from. By saying a victimless crime exists is to say that someone did not get robbed or treated like property. A true “victimless” crime would leave no one to feel the pain or pick up the pieces; there will always be someone paying the