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Sex workers in Alaska are facing sexual violence at the hands of the people whose job it is to protect them: the police. Astonishingly, it is legal in Alaska for undercover police officers to use sexual intercourse and other sexual contact as investigative tools. In 2017, House Bill 112 and Senate Bill 73 were introduced in the Alaska State Legislature to make it illegal for law enforcement officers to have any sexual contact with people under investigation. Upon resistance from the Anchorage Police Department, these bills stalled and were not re-introduced. This Note argues that the use of sex in investigations is a violation of due process and urges Alaska lawmakers to reintroduce and pass these bills.
Kate Goldberg, Time’s Up: A Call to Ban the Use of Sex as an Investigatory Tactic In Alaska, 38 Alaska Law Review 65-91 (2021)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol38/iss1/4
