Reformulating the Legal Policy for Online Prostitutes based on Electronic Information and Transactions Law viewed from Legal Certainty

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10.2991/978-2-38476-315-3_79How to use a DOI?

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Online Prostitution; Sex Workers; Electronic Information and Transactions

Abstract

Online prostitution is a sexual practice in which a woman engages in sexual activity for payment with her client and makes transactions through an electronic platform, where the client gives the amount of money for the sexual interaction. The crime of online prostitution generally happens in every part of Indonesia. The different criminal penalties between pimps and sexual workers in the case of online prostitution practice have become the focus of discussion. One of the logical approaches to solving online prostitution is using a criminal law policy approach by formulating a criminal penalty as a concrete system from criminal liability for the online prostitute. The lack of regulations that control the penalty for online prostitution clients causes the attempts to reduce online prostitution to become insignificant. Without national regulations for this thing, the clients of online prostitution might be safe and keep using the services for their pleasure, although the act is against the norms, particularly in the context of community rules. Therefore, there should be an improvement in the criminal law for criminal liability for those who use online prostitution. “Article 27, Sect. (1) of EIT Law” regulates the penalty for an individual who provides, sells, or facilitates people in committing an action against the courtesy norms. The main challenge in enforcing the law for online prostitution is the incapability of the law to arrest and withhold the perpetrators quickly and efficiently. The lack of specific regulations about online prostitution in the criminal core became a vital factor.

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AU  - Vonny Rosali Nicolas
AU  - Andina Elok Puri Maharani
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/24
TI  - Reformulating the Legal Policy for Online Prostitutes based on Electronic Information and Transactions Law viewed from Legal Certainty
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Cultural Policy and Sustainable Development (ICPSD 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 589
SN  - 2352-5398
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