The Difference Between Prostitution Services and Escort Services

An Escort is defined by an individual whose company, time, and companionship is available to be undertaken within a commercial setting; customers and consumers with regard to escort services available for patronization will be provided with varying monetary rates with regard to the implicit pricing latent within the engagement of escort services. Escort services, which are oftentimes referred to through the associated colloquialism of ‘Call Girls’ due to the fact that individuals – typically classified to be females – provide the patronization o their services through telephone contact. Commonly, escort services offer the following:

Company and escorts available for patronization with regard to individuals desiring accompaniment non-sexual in nature

Escorts employed by escort services, which allow for clientele to choose the identity – or person – with regard to hired escort

Prostitution is the criminal act defined as the exchange of sexual acts – which can include intercourse, penetration, and copulation – for financial or commercial gain or opportunity. Prostitution is illegal in nature, the methods of protection for prostitutes – those engaging in Prostitution – is unreliable, at best; prostitutes are often exploited by those patronizing their services, as well as other individuals demanding fees and elicit payment in exchange for ad-hoc protection – these individuals are colloquially known as ‘pimps’:

The dangers of prostitutions are listed as contributory to the rampant proliferation of not only violence, abuse, exploitation, sexually transmitted disease, and unwanted pregnancy

Prostitution is considered to differ from an escort service with consideration to the absence of both the offering and advertising of illicit sexual activity; however, debates exist with regard to the implicit nature of the illegality rooted within the prospect of sexual activity in an indirect fashion

Although escort services undertake advertisement measures through which company and activity partnership are offered, a wide variety of individuals and lobbyists engage in investigative measures with regard to implications of prospective sexual activity despite its absence within advertisements and patronization:

Solicitation is the criminal act undertaken by an individual that involves the coercion of another individual or entity to engage in criminal activity; as a result that escort services do not publicize illegal or criminal activity due to the lack of sexuality offered within their advertisements, the charge of solicitation can be avoided with regard to escort services. However, in certain cases, activities criminal and illegal in nature may be implicit within otherwise legal advertisements released by escort services; such illegality may come to light as a result of investigations.

Although the lack of illegality and criminal activity is inherent within a bulk of escort service advertisements, certain escort services may offer illegal activity akin to prostitution. In the event that an individual has been made aware of illegal or unlawful escort services undertaking criminal activity, they have to opportunity to contact the appropriate government department, such as the National Crime Prevention Council through their telephone number: (202) 466-6272.