Las Vegas Prostitution Update
- posted by Jim Leitzel @ 4:41 PM

The mayor's remarks last week have rendered the potential legalization of prostitution in Las Vegas a hot topic. A new poll reports that most Nevadans (?) are happy to continue to
use the criminal law to semi-regulate prostitution.

Polls about the legalization of illicit vice are sort of interesting, irrespective of the outcome. Can you imagine anyone conducting a poll inquiring into opinions about the legalization of burglary or theft -- or having one-third of the respondents in support of the legalization? To be honest, I almost see
the poll itself as evidence that, to repeat a recent refrain, the criminal law is generally the wrong tool for regulating consensual adult activity.

Labels: Las Vegas, prostitution