"It has led to significant law reforms to criminalize such crimes against children and safeguard the rights of child victims, and has also become the source of international agreements to fight impunity within and across borders".
"The problem is that a lot of the populations that are at risk are also criminalized because of societal attitudes towards drug users, men who have sex with men, children living on the streets".
Levitt and his colleagues have also been advocating for changing laws that criminalize drug abuse during pregnancy, since, as they pointed out in a review paper, arrest and incarceration can also trigger the "maternal stress response system".
Other states' laws criminalizing sex between students and teachers have also fallen under legal scrutiny.
The Senate, by contrast, also criminalizes "attempts" to defraud.
The Hobbs Act also criminalizes the obtaining of property under color of official right, if interstate commerce is affected.
Sudan's draft Armed Forces Act also criminalizes the recruitment of those under 18 years old into the armed forces.
Opponents warned that it also would have criminalized women who have abortions, without exception for rape or incest.
Welcome to 21st-century El Salvador, where abortion has been criminalized.
Nevertheless, the fact is that dishonesty about sexual behavior has been criminalized.
