ABSTRACT
The practice of commercial sex has slowly taken over many streets and
cities in our country. This commercial sex practice was detested by God right
from the very beginning when he destroyed the cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah as
recorded in the book of Genesis 19: 24-25. Furthermore, Apostle Paul in his
epistle to the Corinthians emphasized that the human body is the temple of the
Holy spirit and not for sexual sins. Prostitutes in the course of business, are
exposed to all sorts of violence. They are easy targets to murder, rape and
assaults. They are also exposed to various sexually transmitted
diseases. This long essay is divided into five chapters. Chapter I is the general introduction, chapter 2 is the literature review, chapter 3 provides for the theories and criminological perspective of prostitution, chapter 4 provides for the effects and laws in connection to prostitution, chapter five provides for the observations, recommendations and conclusions drawn from this work. This work also provides for the possible solutions to commercial sex practice in our country.
diseases. This long essay is divided into five chapters. Chapter I is the general introduction, chapter 2 is the literature review, chapter 3 provides for the theories and criminological perspective of prostitution, chapter 4 provides for the effects and laws in connection to prostitution, chapter five provides for the observations, recommendations and conclusions drawn from this work. This work also provides for the possible solutions to commercial sex practice in our country.
TABLE OF CASES
Bedder v. DPP (1954), 1 WLR 119…………………………………....50
Crown v. Brown (1994) 1 AC 212……………………………………..39
People v. Berry (1909) AC pg 220……………………………………23, 49
Proprietary Articles Trade
Association v. A.G for Canada
(1931) A.C. 310 at 324………………………………………………..14
Seaman
v. Burley (1896) 2 QB at 346………………………………...13
Wood
v. Alaska 957 F. 2d 1544……………………………………….50
TABLE OF STATUTES
California Penal Code, 1872 S. 647 (b)
Convention on the Rights of a Child Article
2(6)
Nigerian Criminal Code. S.222, S.225, S.226
Nigerian Penal Code S. 371, S. 372
The 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria
(As Amended) S. 33(1)
Sexual Offences Act S. 53
Street offences Act 1959 S. 1(1)
Trades Unions and Labour Relations Act, 1992
S.243(2)…
Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law,
Enforcement And
Administration Act, 2003
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
A.C - Appeal Cases
A.G - Attorney
General
& - And
Cap - Chapter
Ed - Edition/Edited
et, al - And
Others
C.A. - Court
of Appeal
http - Hyper
Text Transfer Protocol
Ibid - The
Same Work/book
Op, Cit - The
Work/Book Cited Before
Ors - Others
P - Page
U.S - United
State
V - Versus
(and)
Vol - Volume
www - World
Wide Web
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page……………………………………………………………….i
Certification ……………………………………………………………ii
Dedication……………………………………………………………...iii
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………....iv-v
Table of Cases…………………………………………………………vi
Table of Statutes……………………………………………………….vii
List of Abbreviations…………………………………………………...viii
Table of Contents……………………………………………………...ix-xi
Abstract………………………………………………………………..xii
CHAPTER
ONE
GENERAL
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
of the Study……………………………………....1-6
1.2 Statement of Problems…………………………………………6-7
1.3 Research Questions…………………………………………….7-8
1.4 Objectives of the Study………………………………………..8
1.5 Research Methodology………………………………………..8
1.6 Significance of the Study ……………………………………..8-9
1.7 Delimitation/Scope of the Study……………………………....9
1.8 Limitation
of the Study………………………………………..9
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1
Commercial
Sex………………………………………………..11-12
2.2
Crime…………………………………………………………...12-15
2.3
Victim…………………………………………………………..15-16
2.4
Victimless
Crime……………………………………………….16-18
2.5
Prostitution……………………………………………………..18-27
2.6
Types of
Prostitution…………………………………………...27
2.6.1
Female
Prostitution…………………………………………….27-28
2.6.2
Male
Prostitution…………………………………………….....8
2.6.3
Child
Prostitution………………………………………………28-29
2.6.4
Online
Prostitution…………………………………………......29-30
2.6.5
Street
Prostitution……………………………………………,,,30-31
2.6.6
Sex
Tourism Prostitution……………………………………....31
CHAPTER THREE
THEORIES AND CRIMINOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF
PROSTITUTION
3.1 General
Stain Theory…………………………………………32-33
3.2 Labeling
Theory………………………………………………33-35
3.3 Natural Law Theory…………………………………………...35-36
3.4.1
The
Christian Doctrine……………………………………….36-37
3.4.2
The
Muslim Thought………………………………………....37
3.5
Dichotomy
Between Law and morality on Prostitution……...38-39
3.6
The
Legal Perspective………………………………………..39-45
3.7
The
Criminological Perspective of Prostitution……………...46
3.8
Victimology………………………………………………….47-48
3.9
Crimes
Associated with Prostitution………………………....48
3.9.1 Assault……………………………………………………….48-49
3.9.2 Rape………………………………………………………….49-50
3.9.3 Murder………………………………………………………..50
CHAPTER FOUR
EFFECTS AND LAWS IN CONNECTION
TO PROSTITUTION
4.1
Social
Effects of prostitution………………………………...51-52
4.2
Health
Effects of Prostitution………………………………..52-54
4.3
Criminalisation
or Decriminalisation of Prostitution………..54-59
4.4
The Criminal
Justice System and Prostitution……………….59-62
4.5
Present
Laws on Prostitution in Nigeria……………………..62-64
CHAPER
FIVE
CONCLUSIONS
5.1 Observations………………………………………………...65-66
5.2 Recommendations…………………………………………..67-72
5.3 Conclusions.………………………………………………...72-76
Bibliography………………………………………………...77-80
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