Platt L, et al. – From January 1, 1990, to May 9, 2018, researchers searched, collected, and analyzed data to synthesize evidence on how sex work laws and policing practices impact the safety of sex workers, as well as their health and access to services, and the avenues through which these effects occur. They estimated the average impact of encountering sexual/physical violence, HIV or sexually transmitted infections, and condomless sex, among people exposed to restrictive policing than those of unexposed. They noted several forms of police violence and abuses of power like arbitrary arrest, bribery, and extortion, physical/sexual violence, failure to provide access to justice, and forced HIV testing. They reported huge harms related to the criminalization of sex work, including laws and enforcement targeting the sale and purchase of sex, and activities linked to sex work organization, indicating an urgency to reform sex-work–related laws to minimize abuse.