Public health article
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A recent newspaper article about public health issues in the community includes an interview with Dr. Jeffrey Low, Director of the City Health Department.
“The street prostitution problem has certainly become a major focus for us. We have received a growing number of reports of people finding used condoms, syringes and other paraphernalia discarded in the streets where the prostitutes work. In the free clinic that I manage, treatment for sexually transmitted diseases is rising and the typical patient is younger than ever before. The Public Health Department even handled one reported case of an elementary-aged school child accidentally sticking himself with a discarded syringe he found in the street.”
Response Revealed
Impose community service sentences in lieu of incarceration or fines.
Show/Hide DetailsCommunity service sanctions, when properly monitored and enforced, have been shown to be more effective than jail time or fines alone.
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Identify and target the worst offenders.
Show/Hide DetailsA small percentage of prostitutes and pimps may be responsible for most of the complaints in a prostitution area. If you can establish this, you might more productively target your efforts at those few, rather than at the larger population of offenders.
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Enforce laws prohibiting prostitution and the solicitation thereof.
Show/Hide DetailsEnforcing laws prohibiting prostitution usually requires undercover police officers to pose as clients to gather the necessary evidence, which can be difficult to obtain from street-savvy prostitutes. Enforcing prostitution laws against clients typically requires the police to pose as prostitutes to obtain evidence. Some police agencies still do not have enough female officers to conduct effective solicitation enforcement campaigns. Moreover, decoy arrests of clients are open to legal entrapment defenses if officers are not careful.
