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Am I the only one who thought, given it's now 2014 and that the law was changed nearly 5 years ago, that we also now have an even more complete set of data with

Am I the only one who thought, given it's now 2014 and that the law was changed nearly 5 years ago, that we also now have an even more complete set of data with which to support the hypothesis? But they don't seem to go there at all?! The chart appears to show crimes rising again once it was outlawed but for the most part the article is written as though it's 2010.

mlinksva 12y ago
No, that was my first thought upon skimming the article. Here are some numbers from http://www.risp.ri.gov/documents/UCR/2013.pdf http://www.risp.ri.gov/documents/UCR/2013.pdf State 11A SEX OFFENSE, FORCE: RAPE 2013: 338 2012: 301 2011: 324 2010: 302 2009: 302 2008: 276 Providence (where article said sex work is concentrated) 11A SEX OFFENSE, FORCE: RAPE 2013: 87 2012: 90 2011: 77 2010: 76 2009: 59 2008: 44 2007: 46 Don't know why this doc does haven't statewide numbers for 2007 (some locations also have 2006, Providence doesn't). A really odd thing is that PROSTITUTION: ENGAGING seems to have been at by far its highest in 2008. I can't think of a good explanation. Maybe police were pissed off about indoor prostitution being legal, so they cracked down extra hard on outdoor prostitution, but since indoor was re-illegalized, they don't care?