Descriminalização das casas de prostituição

Abstract

In the Brazilian Legal System, prostitution alone is not considered a crime. In the Penal Code, prostitution is considered an indifferent conduct to criminal law, and is therefore atypical, not relevant to the criminal legislator. Nevertheless, the criminal law represses those who contribute to the existence of prostitution, penalizing pimps, ruffians, stimulators of the sex trade, whether for profit or not. Thus, the theme of the present study is the legalization of prostitution houses. The general objective is to understand how Brazilian legislation treats establishments whose economic activity is sexual exploitation and whether such legislation protects those who engage in prostitution or throws them further into the risks of the profession, on the streets and in the helplessness of protecting the State and public security. The logic of the present study translates into a bibliographic research, of a qualitative nature, carried out through books, academic articles, journals and specialized websites regarding the chosen theme.