Allen Stack
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“I pick up fares all over the city. Lots of times downtown prostitutes get dumped out of a john’s car and need a lift back to Scott Avenue. I see prostitutes getting it on in gangways, alleys, and even in my own cab.”
Response Revealed
Encourage prostitutes to report serious offenses to the police.
Show/Hide DetailsPolice in some jurisdictions work hard to develop a good rapport with street prostitutes to persuade them to report juvenile prostitutes, violent clients, client robbery, etc., and to give evidence against pimps. Prostitutes who assist the police may require extra protection because they risk violent retaliation.
Response Revealed
Intensively enforce prostitution laws against prostitutes and/or clients for short period.
Show/Hide DetailsIn addition to routinely enforcing prostitution laws, the police often conduct intensive arrest campaigns against prostitutes, clients or both. These campaigns significantly increase the risks of arrest, at least temporarily, bringing large numbers of prostitutes and clients into the formal justice system. When combined with media coverage, the campaigns are intended to deter those arrested from offending again, and to deter potential clients. The campaigns’ deterrent value wears off over time, however. In high-volume arrest campaigns, the chances that police will arrest innocent people increase, unless they take special precautions. Without some follow-up court intervention or measures to change the environment, intensive enforcement campaigns only temporarily interrupt street prostitution, or move it elsewhere; they do not shut down a street prostitution market entirely.
