Pimping crime in Uruguay. Judicial rulings in application of Law 8080

This article analyzes the characteristics of the crime of pimping based on the judicial decisions that, in application of Law 8080 and its subsequent modifications, took place in the period 2000 - 2020, taking as a source of information the National Jurisprudence Base of Judicial Power. The informat...

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Main Author: Guerra, Pablo (author)
Other Authors: Gallardo, Romina (author)
Format: article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://revistas.um.edu.uy/index.php/revistaderecho/article/view/866
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1797
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Summary:This article analyzes the characteristics of the crime of pimping based on the judicial decisions that, in application of Law 8080 and its subsequent modifications, took place in the period 2000 - 2020, taking as a source of information the National Jurisprudence Base of Judicial Power. The information is arranged by summary tables, revealing the following variables: Court; Resolution Number and Year; Crimes; Number of persons processed; type of prostitution affected; applied criminal laws; summary of the rulling and the case. Based on the information collected, some typologies of the crime are established. Particularly, we discussed the complexities of the type “veiled pimping” very common among brothel owners.