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Craigslist’s erotic services site appears to have reduced female homicide rates by 17 percent:

The study, which has been submitted to a peer-reviewed economics journal, offers the first solid evidence of what sex workers have been saying for years: that having the ability to advertise online for their services allows them to work in safer indoor environments and screen out violent clients. The new study reinforces previous research showing a decline in sexual violence in regions where prostitution has been legalized or decriminalized. I wrote about such research in my book, Getting Screwed; Sex Workers and the Law and in an op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times.

Edited to add: Think Progress: Female homicide rate dropped after Craigslist launched its erotic services platform — Sex workers have long argued that online erotic services platforms make their jobs safer. A new study proves it.