VICE AND VICE CONTROL

1. What is Vice Crime?

 -any consensual act that offends the moral standards of the community that has defined the act as
worthy of condemnation and legal control.

 -also referred to as victimless crime, public order offense, nuisance offense, or consensual offense.

 -Vice crimes are those that offend the morals of the community, such as prostitution and
pornography.  The responsibilities and duties of those who enforce laws against vice crimes
include, but are not limited to conducting moderate to complex undercover surveillances and
investigations which target prostitution, lewd public sex acts, adult
entertainment, gambling and alcohol offenders in local   jurisdictions.

-Law enforcement officers who deal with vice crimes may, among other duties, be responsible for
conducting the background investigations on permit applicants of massage establishments,
massage technicians, bingo establishments, card rooms and their employees and cabaret permits.

2. Vice Crime and the Harm Principle

 -Vice crimes are consensual--there is participation because of reward or pleasure.  Although all
vice offenses cause some harm there is much debate regarding decriminalization and enforcement
of vice crimes.

3. Vice Squad
 - A police division charge with the enforcement of laws dealing with various forms of vice, such
as prostitution, gambling, narcotics, illegal sales of alcohol.

4. What does Vice in the Police Force mean?

–The role of a vice police officer has been popularized by the media, which often depicts the cops
as working undercover on high-stakes investigations surrounded by seedy criminals. In reality, vice
officers do work on important stakeouts. Any excitement, however, is typically overshadowed by
long surveillance projects aimed at building a case.

-Vice officers investigate crimes related to prostitution, gambling and narcotics. In some

jurisdictions, a vice squad may also be tasked with monitoring guns, alcohol, bookmaking,
pornography and human trafficking. Although most of these items are legal when produced and
sold in their regulated form, vice is concerned with immoral uses and activities.

For example, selling guns and alcohol to adults is legal, but trafficking the items illegally is a
criminal activity.

5. Job Description
 – A vice officer is responsible for collecting intelligence data on criminal activity that falls under his
squad’s areas of investigation. This can often mean he is monitoring criminal organizations and
their enterprises. Completing these duties may require the officer to participate in extended
surveillance, and at times to go undercover. Disseminating the information that is collected and
handling any evidence requires a significant amount of paperwork. Following an investigation and
arrest, an officer must fill reports and may be required to testify in court. A vice officer also
generally plays an educator role by training and advising other members of his department
regarding vice issues. He may work as a liaison officer with city, state, federal, and sometimes even
international officials and police departments when investigating the crimes, which often span
across jurisdictions.

6. Qualifications
– Most vice officers serve several years as a regular uniformed officer before moving to the vice
squad. The minimum qualifications to be promote to vice vary by jurisdiction. Generally, to become
a police officer, candidates must have completed at least a high school education, be 21 years old
and have passed police academy training. Several jurisdictions also require police officers to have
completed some university or college-level credits. An individual interested in joining the vice
squad may be well-served by pursuing criminal justice studies.

GAMBLING
1. What is Gambling?
 Webster defines the intransitive verb “gamble”

-to play a game for (as money or property);

-to bet on an uncertain outcome;

-to stake something on a contingency: SPECULATE.

 -It defines the transitive verb “gamble:” 

-to risk by gambling: WAGER;

-VENTURE, HAZARD.

 Gambling is playing a game of chance or betting money on the outcome of an event, race, game or
outcome.

 A simpler way to think of gambling is that any time you participate in an activity, in which you try to
win more than what you had before, you are gambling.

 Games of Chance.

Ex.: Arcades, Rolling Dice, Lotteries, Bingo, Scratch & Win, Flipping Cards, Raffles Sweepstakes,
Sporting Events.

 Games of Skill

Ex.: Poker, Pool, Darts Video Games, Race Track, Marbles Sports.

2. Types of Gambling
 Normal Gambling -

 what most people (estimated at 95 percent of the population) do for fun and entertainment.
 They have a limit to the amount of money they will use to gamble, and when they’ve
reached the limit they will stop.
 Win, lose or draw, they stop when they choose. They may gamble once a year, once a
month or once a week, but it does not cause problems with their day-to-day life.

 Problem Gambling -

 Starts when people gamble over the limit they have set for themselves and gamble longer
than they thought they would. This may start to happen on a regular basis.
 They may start to have problems with their family, school or work because of it.
 They can stop when they want to and may not be addicted yet.

            (Problem gamblers are 3-5 percent of the population according to the Harvard
Medical School Center for Addiction Studies Meta-Analysis.)
 Pathological or Compulsive Gambling -

 An addictive illness. (The Harvard Medical School Center for Addiction Studies Meta-
Analysis reports that slightly more than 1 percent of the population is pathological or
compulsive gamblers.)
 The person has an uncontrollable impulse to gamble and can’t stop.
 These people may skip meals, lose sleep, forget to pick up their kids from school, and avoid
doctor appointments, school, work, or even life just to gamble.
 It’s all they want to do.
 They may file for bankruptcy, get a divorce, lie and steal from others, and even commit
suicide because of the mess gambling has caused in their lives.

3. The three phases of compulsive gambling

 Winning Phase – fun, exciting, entertaining, “rewarding” with occasional big wins.
Unreasonable optimism, fantasies about the big win.
 Losing Phase – loses consistently while betting increases. Preoccupation with gambling,
sells personal possessions, borrows to bet, personality changes, gambles to recoup losses
(called “chasing the bet”), misses work or school.
 Desperation Phase – stealing, criminal activity to cover bets, panic and depression,
alienation from friends/family, drops out of school/loses job. Self-esteem destroyed. Thinks
about suicide.

4. Gambling Warning Signs

 Unexplained need for money

 Valuables and money missing from home
 Frequent cards/dice games at home
 Missing or late for school; misses social gatherings
 Excessive and intensive TV sports watching
 Interest in periodicals reporting sports results
 Carrying large amounts of cash
 Short, late-night phone calls to 900 numbers

5. Gamblers are Often

 Intellectually astute
 Articulate
 Sociable
 Charming and loving
 Philanthropic
 Energized and enduring
 A risk-taker
 Achievement oriented
 Dreaming of the “big win”
 Cleaver – rationalizes and
 justifies the compulsive
 behavior
 Focused on hobbies that include gambling
 Often insecure and manifesting low self-esteem
 Unrealistic about goals
 Hooked by distorted optimism

6. Gambling Warning Signs

 Gambling paraphernalia
  (betting slips, lottery tickets)
 Sells prized possessions
 “Forgets” appointments and dates
 Drop in grades and loss of non-gambling funds
 Cultivates gambling language
 Gambles to escape problems or disappointments
 May become addicted to alcohol or other drugs
 Often resorts to illegal activities to finance gambling

7. How to Spot a Problem Gambler?

1. Always thinking about gambling or having an urge to gamble that they can’t stop.
2. Having to bet more money more often to keep up the thrill of gambling.
3. Being really cranky when trying to cut back.
4. Lying to hide gambling.
5. Making bets through illegal activity.
6. Trying to win the money they lost by gambling more.
7. Using gambling as an escape.
8. Making people they love unhappy.
9. Relying on others to help them when they lose all their money.
10. Not able to control or stop their gambling.

8. Types of Gambling Games

 Lottery
 Bingo
 Card Games
 Skill Games (bowling, pool, golf)
 Sporting Events
 Horse/Dog track
 Casino Games
 On-line Wagering
 Stock market

9. Pros of Gambling
 Tourism

v  Lavish casinos are often seen by people from out of town as a great weekend or vacation
destination because they provide them an avenue for their gambling hobby, normally a fun
experience.

v  People in countries such as United Kingdom, Italy, etc indulge in the gambling activity for fun,
pleasure and relaxation.

 Employment

v  More jobs are created in casino-hosted regions.

v  The world’s biggest gambling destination in Las Vegas, Nevada, attributes over 60% of its city
employment towards casino-based jobs alone.

v  it also supports over 100,000 jobs in British economy.

 Better health

v  Gambling has been shown to help older people and retirees drastically reduce their health
problems.
 v  They aren’t as likely to suffer from depression, alcoholism, or bankruptcy as older people who
don’t gamble.

 Charity

v  Charity organizations use gambling to raise revenue is by holding large Bingo games, having
lotteries or raffles, and by holding charity poker events.

 v  Some schools out there hold events such as a casino night to build money for their yearly
operations.

 Entertainment

v  Gambling can provide quite a thrill to those that do it and the prospect of winning money is
always an added bonus.

 v  Many casinos provide customers with a vast array of shows to make the gambling experience
even more fun.

 Tax revenue

v  Economic impact of betting industry, in terms of direct and indirect influence, is to the tune of 6
billion pounds ($9.3 billion).

 v  casinos have to pay taxes that are above 20% just based on their total revenue, this is normally
far more money than other businesses are going to be bringing into their area.

 10. Cones of Gambling

 Financial strain

v  Personal savings and income are squandered.

v  Money is taken from other economic uses, investment, and charities.

v  Poverty is reinforced because poorer gamblers take greater risks in the hopes of a big win.

 Depression

v  Because of tension in mind that you have lost a great amount of money which can cause a
disaster in both your professional as well as personal life.

 v  Depression can later lead to Use of alcohol, sleep, or drugs to escape from tensions.

  Criminal Activity

v  Addictive gamblers often resort to burglary, theft, larceny, embezzlement, and similar crimes to
get cash.

v  As with criminal activity, the chance for greater rewards than ordinary employment is a
disincentive to the work ethic.

 Impact on Children

v  Parental gambling has negative effects on children.

 - Parental gambling is linked to inadequate coping skills, relationship and behavior problems,
increased potential for children to become problem gamblers when they grow up.
11. Why legalize gambling?
 v  Gambling-related activities could be marketed as 'pleasure' or 'fun' part of tourist activities.  This
can help attract more foreign tourists and valuable foreign exchange.

v  It allows higher freedom with respect to what one can do with his wealth

v  It is a source of revenue for the government

v  It eats into the illegal gambling market

v  Helps curb match fixing due to point number 3

v  The losses made in gambling are personal (no one else is affected).

v  The growth of gambling industry can have positive, multiplier effect on other sectors - such as
making casino games, software testing, real estate, advertising, banking and finance, hotels, cruises,
pubs, etc.

v  If gambling is legalized in a controlled manner, chores of rupees in black money involved in

illegal gambling activity currently could be made available to the legal economy. Without a strong
regulatory structure to oversee this illegal activity, government loses huge amount of revenue that
could be put to better use - like building schools, hospitals, infrastructure, etc.

12. Countries where gambling is legalized

 United States

 United Kingdom

 China

 Singapore

 Thailand

 Nepal

 And Goa in India

13. Why not legalize Gambling?

 Gambling can cause loss of all wealth.  In big games between rich people, gamblers put lots
of money, even all their wealth and if they are not lucky they lose all their money.

 Gambling makes people greedy and angry.  If gambler wins a lot of money, he/she becomes greedy
and wants to play again or when gambler loses his/her money he/she becomes angry and wants to
play again and again.

 Negative effects of gambling on Family life. Does not care about his/her family, comes home late
and loses lots of money in one game which he/she gained in many years. Because of these motives
appear a lot of arguments between husband and wife. Thus arguments finish with divorce which
affects children’s psychology in bad way.

 Possibility of suicide.  After losing everything such as family, wealth and respect in society losers
become hopeless and miserable, so they see suicide as only way out from the troubles.

14. Solution
 Need to set up national level gambling regulatory authority to regulate gambling market.
  Need to setup a good set of rules and regulations to carryout gambling industry effectively
without corruptions.
 Find locations for casinos or other gambling centers on remote areas or places which are
not accessible for middle class peoples frequently.

15. Conclusion
 The extra revenue added by casinos and gambling would go a long way to help with our budget
deficit.

 Brings social costs.

PHILIPPINE LAWS GOVERNING GAMBLING

1. [PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1602]
“PRESCRIBING STIFFER PENALTIES ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING”

-WHEREAS, Philippine Gambling Laws such as Articles 195-199 of the Revised Penal Code

(Forms of Gambling and Betting), R.A. 3063 (Horse racing Bookies), P.D. 449 (**fighting),
P.D. 483 (Game Fixing), P.D. 510 (Slot Machines) in relation to Opinion Nos. 33 and 97 of the
Ministry of Justice, P.D. 1306 (Jai-Alai Bookies) and other City and Municipal Ordinances
or gambling all over the country prescribe penalties which are inadequate to discourage or
stamp out these pernicious activities;

2. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9287]

      “AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAMES, AMENDING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1602, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

ALCOHOL
1. What is ALCOHOL?
 It is a drug that can change the way a person thinks, feels and acts.

 It can also slow down the work of the brain.

 2. ETYMOLOGY
 The word alcohol usually refers to “Ethanol”, also known as “Spirits of Wine”.

 The word alcohol appears in English language in the 16th Century.  The introduction of word
alcohol to European terminology in “Alchemy” dates to 12th Century by Latin translation of works
of Rhazes, who described the art of distillation.

3. Different Kinds of Alcohol

1. Ethanol or Ethyl Alcohol - It is also known as “GRAIN ALCOHOL”.

 2. Methyl Alcohol or Wood Alcohol - Has poisonous properties and is used as denaturant additive for
ethanol for industrial purposes.

 3. Isopropyl or Rubbing Alcohol - Is commonly used as disinfectant and solvent in industries.

4. Types of Alcoholic Drink

v  Beer
  Produced by fermentation of sugar derived from starch-based material.
 Most commonly used: Malted barley. Wheat, rice and corn are also widely used.

 v  Wine

 Made from fermentation of grape juice. Grapes are usually used to produce wine but any
fruit may be used.

 v  Distilled Liquor

 A liquid preparation meant for consumption containing ethyl alcohol.

 Purified by distillation from a fermented fruits, vegetable or grain.

 v  Mixed Drinks

 Any alcoholic drink mixed with juice, sodas or with other type of alcoholic drinks.
 Alcohol content of mixed drinks depends on the amount of liquors mixed.

5. Blood Alcohol Concentration

 Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the percentage of alcohol in measured quantity of

blood.
 It can be determined directly through blood sample or indirectly through the analysis of
exhaled air.

6. Pathways of Alcohol

 Mouth -  where alcohol is taken in.

 Small Intestine -  most alcohol goes into the walls of the intestine and into the
bloodstream.
 Bloodstream - carries alcohol to all parts of the body.
 Liver - oxidizes alcohol, changing it to water, carbon and energy.
 Brain - alcohol goes to the brain carried through the bloodstream.

7. Types of Alcoholic Drinking

1. Hazardous Drinking

2.  Binge Drinking [Spree, Overdo, Rampage, Blast, Orgy]

3. Physical Dependence - Physically dependent drinkers have extremely high tolerances to alcohol.

4. Psychological Dependent - use alcohol to induce a desirable mindset.

5. Healthy and Social Drinking - They tend to drink for heart health, special occasions or to
supplement a meal.

8. Different Kinds of Alcoholism

1. Compulsive Alcoholism - People who drink every day until they are completely drunk.

2. Gregarious Alcoholism - These are people who drink as being part of a society or drinking falls in
their culture, particularly celebrities and college students.

3. Solipsist Alcoholism - are those who drink to get rid of daily stress but are scared of being
caught by their family or society since it is not a part of their cultural norms.

4. Regressive Alcoholism - are regular drinkers but are habitual of binge drinking in alternate
months.
5. Emotional Alcoholism - Similar to solipsistic drinkers, emotional alcoholics consume alcohol as a
means of getting rid of their fears and frustration.

6. Reactive Alcoholism - Often people undergo severe and terrible situations that make them
hopeless and lifeless.

9. Types of Alcoholics
1. Young Adult Subtype - adults who take to alcoholism by age 20, but refuse to seek help or
support for alcohol addiction.

2. Young Antisocial Subtype - These are individuals who have an average age of 26 years, who took
to alcoholism by the age of 18.

3. Functional Subtype - Stable middle-aged individuals who drink occasionally (but in large
amounts).

4. Intermediate Familial Subtype - who become alcoholics by age 30. Most have relatives who are
also alcoholics.

5. Chronic Severe Subtype - Most often such drinkers are men, who are also drug addicts.

10. Alcohol Components

 C2H5OH, Ethanol – commonly used alcohol

 Ethanol has been produced in the form of fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages.

 In industry, alcohols are produced in several ways by fermentation using glucose produced from
sugar from the hydrolysis of starch, in the presence of yeast and temperature of less than 37°C to
produce ethanol.

11. The Core Ingredient of Alcohol

 Ale: rapid fermentation from an infusion of malt with the addition of hops

 Beer: malted cereal grain (as barley), flavored with hops

 Brandy: distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

 Cognac: a brandy from the departments of Charente and Charente- Maritime distilled from
white wine.

 Gin: distilled or redistilled neutral grain spirits flavored with juniper berries and aromatics as

anise and caraway seeds

 Rum: cane product as molasses

 Sake: rice

 Tequila: a Mexican liquor distilled from pulque

 Vodka: distilled from a mash as of rye or wheat

 Whiskey: mash of grain as rye, corn, or barley

 Bourbon: whiskey distilled from a mash made up of not less than 51 percent corn plus malt
and rye and aged in charred oak barrels for a minimum of two years.
  Tennessee Whisky: Bourbon above which is filtered through maple charcoal

 Wine: juice of fresh grapes

 Champagne: a white sparkling wine made in the old province of Champagne, France; also: a
similar wine made elsewhere.

 Sherry: a Spanish fortified wine with a distinctive nutty flavor.

12. Alcohol and Drinking

       Why is this issue important?

For years, alcohol has been a part of social gatherings, celebrations, and rituals. Addiction to
alcohol is more of a problem today than it has ever been in the past. Unlike a century ago, we are
now more aware of the serious complications it can cause.

 People drink alcohol to…

o Feel more relaxed
o Look cool
o Forget problems
o Join the party
o Have fun during the holidays
o Enjoy sporting events
o Become intoxicated

12.1. How does alcohol impact others?

 How many people do you think that drinks alcohol?

 Kids look up to their parents or to their siblings. When they see they are having fun drinking
with their buddies or when they see an advertisement of alcohol, they’ll misunderstand the
message of alcohol and think it’s good for them.
 Fetal alcohol syndrome – a serious problem that can develop in the fetus of women who
drink during pregnancy.
 Outbursts of emotions can cause the alcoholic person to be violent and harms other people
around him/her.
 Children whose parents abuse alcohol and other drugs are three times more likely to be
abused and more than four times more likely to be neglected than children from non-
abusing families.
 Driving while intoxicated can cause serious problems on the road. The intoxicated driver can
crash on to someone else and chances are they both will die, just one of them, or by
miracle… they just survive with just bruises.

12.2. What can alcohol damage?

Immediate Effects:

 Blurred Vision
 Slurred speech
 Increased heart beat
 Lowers body temperature
 Vomiting
 Hangover
 Alcohol Poisoning (death)

Symptoms alcohol can cause:

 Serious medical conditions:

 o Cancer
o Depression
o Heart and respiratory failure
o Cirrhosis
o Wernicke – Korsakoff Syndrome
o And many more…

More examples of problems alcohol can cause:

 Debts
 Drugs
 Vandalism
 More expensive habits such as gambling.
 Unprotected intercourse under the influence of alcohol can lead to unwanted pregnancy

What can you do to prevent yourself from drinking alcohol?


o Volunteer in any community activities.
o Develop personal, social, and resistance skills.
o Take more extracurricular activities from school.

What can you do to help this issue?


o Persuade others not to take any alcohol.
o Tell your friends about the consequences of alcohol.
o Be a role model to your relatives.
o Don’t drink alcohol. One less drunkard makes a difference.

PHILIPPINE LAWS GOVERNING ALCOHOLIC BREVERAGES

1. [Republic Act No. 10586]
“An Act Penalizing Persons Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol, Dangerous Drugs, And
Similar Substances, And For Other Purposes”

Otherwise known as the

“Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013″

2. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10351]     

“AN ACT RESTRUCTURING THE EXCISE TAX ON ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY
AMENDING SECTIONS 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 8, 131 AND 288 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9334, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

PROSTITUTION
 1. Prostitution
 "Do not treat your body as a commodity with which to purchase superficial intimacy or economic
security; for our bodies and minds are inseparable in this life, and when we allow our bodies to be
treated as objects, our minds are in mortal danger. " With the invention of males and females came
the constant need for negotiation, as history indicates. Some civilizations were based on male
dominance and rewarded those who possessed strength, innate tactical intelligence and traits
generally present in males. This explains why many civilizations have not been kind to women. A
small number of civilizations did honor women, but women have never been able to achieve equal
status with men. Women have not always been able to escape the role of housewife or gain a
political voice. Only in recent human history have women been able to obtain relative equality.
They have been able to make great gains through a considerable amount of achievements, no
need to list here. Yet to this day, men and women have specialized roles within societies, differing
only slightly in some countries and greatly in other countries.

2. The History of Prostitution

            Timothy Gilfoyle writes about the history of prostitution in an article entitled "Prostitution
(in US history) published in The Reader's Companion to American History. This article summarized
the history of United States' prostitution. It began as a European import to North America. During
the 1700s, due to the stationing of soldiers in New York and Boston these cities had the most
prostitutes. After 1810, prostitution became both a political and social problem. Prostitution rose
due to rapid urbanization, expanding male population, low female wages and discrimination
against women.

            During the 1800s, prostitution was divided into three subcultures. Five to ten percent of
women made up the first subculture. Women in it for the $. The second subculture was a "sporting
male" group encouraged to hire prostitutes. Brothels made up the third subculture. Hundreds of
brothels could be found in St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Chicago.

Donna J. Guy writes about the history of prostitution worldwide in her article entitled "Stigma,
Pleasures, and Dutiful Daughters." Guy states that prostitution is linked to religious beliefs, family
survival, and patriarchy authority. However, women chose prostitution to find independence,
provide an income or control their own sexuality. Guy refers to "Feminizing Venereal Disease" by
Spongberg where she links gender and disease. Physicians blamed venereal disease transmissions
on prostitutes.

            In Buenos Aires between 1875 and 1936 prostitution was medically supervised to monitor
European prostitutes. However in neighboring Rio de Janeiro, populized by Afro-Brazilians,
medically supervised prostitution was never approved.

            In New York City and Chicago, prostitution zones were pushed into African-American
neighborhoods. White women who dated non-white men were considered "mental defectives."

            In the early 1900s, floods, famines and earthquakes led to family disaster in China and
Japan. Girls preferred being sent to a brothel where they could at least fulfill some of her family's
obligations. These obligations included family honor which in turn meant honor by men.

            In 1899, there was a rise in Nairobian prostitution due to a famine among farmers. Women
went to care and provide entertainment for the men. The women would then send money home to
their families.

3. Prostitution, What is it?

 “The practice of engaging in relatively indiscriminate sexual activity in general, with

individuals other than a spouse or a friend, in exchange for immediate payment in money or
other valuables.” - Encyclopedia Britannica
 Sex for money, goods or services
 Sex not motivated by love or affection
 A career or profession
4. Types of Prostitutes:

 Streetwalkers: (lowest paid and most vulnerable)

 Bar girls: (B-girls spend their time working out of bars)
 Brothel prostitutes: (supervised by a madam)
 Call girls: (aristocrats of prostitution that can make up to $1,500 per night)
 Escort services/Call Houses: (fronts for prostitution rings)
 Circuit travelers: (groups of 2 or 3 traveling to lumbar or labor camps)
 Skeezers: barter drugs for sex
 Massage parlors/photo studios: fronts for prostitution
 Cyber Prostitutes (Internet facilitated contact)

5. Types of Prostitution:

 Internet Businesses –
o Relevant for publicity
o Internet chat rooms

 Brothels -
o Establishment where more than two prostitutes reside is considered a brothel.
Laws popped up on prostitution after the banning of most brothels.       

 Strip Clubs 

6. Causes of Prostitution

 Becoming a Prostitute
o Broken homes and sexual abuse
o Poor school performance
o Drug abuse
o Child Sexual Abuse and Prostitution
 Prostitution has been linked to sexual trauma at an early age
 Children who flee the home are vulnerable to life on the streets
 Many remain in the trade due to being resigned to their fate

7. Sex Trafficking
Encyclopedia Britannica

“The illegal moving or selling of human beings across other countries and continents in exchange
for financial or other compensation.”

8. Phases of Sex Trafficking:

 Initiation

 Control
o Abuse
o Drugs
o Confinement

 Movement

 Money

9. A Few Facts:
• Prostitution carries the death penalty in many Muslim countries
• In Japan, ***l prostitution is illegal, but fellatio is legal

• In Turkey, street prostitution is illegal

• In Sweden, it is legal to sell sex but it is illegal to be a pimp

• In all but two U.S. states the buying and selling of sexual services is illegal and classified as a
misdemeanor

10. Pornography

 Obscenity is defined as “deeply offensive to morality and decency…designed to incite to lust

or depravity”
 What is considered obscene today may be considered socially acceptable in the future.

 Child Pornography
o Most controversial and reprehensible of the business.
o “Kiddie Porn” is considered uncontested pornography and becoming widespread on
the Internet.
o Philip Jenkins suggests enforcement efforts should be focused on the suppliers and
not the users.

11. Paraphilia:

 Bizarre or abnormal sexual practices involving recurrent sexual urges focused on:
o Nonhuman objects (i.e. underwear or shoes)
o Humiliation or the experience of receiving or giving pain (sadomasochism)
o Children or others who cannot grant consent

 Outlawed Sexual Behaviors

o Asphyxiophilia: oxygen deprivation for enhancement of sexual gratification;
o Frotteurism: rubbing against or toughing a nonconsenting person in a crowd;
o Voyeurism: spying on a stranger who is disrobing or engaged in sexual behavior;
o Exhibitionism: sexual pleasure from exposing genitals;
o Sadomasochism: pleasure derived from receiving or inflicting pain;
o Pedophilia: pleasure from sexual activity of prepubescent children.

12. Legal Approaches

 Regulation
 Prohibition
 Abolition

13. Child Prostitution in the Philippines.

SOME FACTS:

 There are four hundred to five hundred thousand people being prostituted in the
Philippines, most of which are women or young girls. But prostitution also affects children,
both boys and girls, older males, and transvestites.
 A recent study showed that seventy-five thousand children are being prostituted in the
Philippines.
 Children from ages eleven to fifteen reported that their relatives introduced them to
prostitution.
 Filipino men are the main users of Filipinas in prostitution.
 Many tourists go to the Philippines for the sex alone. They know they can get good sex at a
cheap rate.
  Every year thirteen thousand Australians visit Angeles City in the Philippines, which is a
center for prostitution surrounding the former Clark U.S. Air Force base.
 Tourists mostly from Australia, the United States and Great Britain use these prostitutes. Like
it or not, these tourists engage in sexual acts with mostly underage girls that work at bars or
on streets.
 These prostitution tourists and the sex tours given throughout the Philippines cause child
prostitution to remain alive.
 Tourists pay a certain amount to the prostitute, and the prostitutes pay a bar fine so they
are able to leave the bar with a guy or to walk the streets for business. The fine is usually
about twelve hundred pesos.
 The Philippines ranks fourth in the world when it comes to child prostitution.
 Three thousand three hundred and sixty-six more children are forced every year into
prostitution.
 Prostitution is not a business it is an industry in the Philippines.

14. Why do Children becomes Prostitutes?

 One main reason for child prostitution is their living conditions. Most of these children live
in impoverished conditions in semi-rural or urban conditions and sometimes are victims of
sexual abuse at home. They run away and become desperate, and in turn they become child
and young adult prostitutes.
 Often, parents do not have jobs and cannot find work so they force their children into
prostitution to support the family.
 Poverty pushes prostitution.

15. Can they escape the sex trade?

  It is said that many of these children never truly rehabilitate.

 They are psychologically damaged and the longer they spend being a prostitute the harder it is
to overcome the trauma.

 A street educator named Louie Orpea, from the Philippines, says even if these children get out of
prostitution many of them catch the common STD Gonorrhea. Some would try to avoid getting it
by drinking water with TIDE detergent.

 They may face fertility and pregnancy problems, malnourishment, and tuberculosis. The sexually
transmitted disease known as AIDS or HIV to include COVID 19 Virus, is becoming a very serious
threat to these children.

 Many go through the depression that molested children go through.

PHILIPPINE LAWS GOVERNING PROSTITUTION

1. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10364]
“AN ACT EXPANDING REPUBLIC ACT  NO. 9208, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES
TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND
SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES”

– This Act shall be known as the “Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012″,
amending Republic Act No. 9208.
2. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208]
“AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY
WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR ITS VIOLATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

3. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344]-

“AN  ACT ESTABLISHING  A COMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE  JUSTICE   AND WELFARE  COUNCIL
UNDER  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  JUSTICE  APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR 
OTHER  PURPOSES.”  - - This Act shall be known as the "Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of
2006.

4. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610 ] -

“AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER DETERRENCE AND SPECIAL PROTECTION AGAINST
CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

– This Act shall be known as the "Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation
and Discrimination Act."

5. [ACT 385]
Articles 202 and 341 of the Revised Penal Code

on Prostitution and White Slave Trade.