psoto12: Sp cq current response

1. What is the police department's current policy in dealing with street prostitution?

The Police Department's current policy is to enforce street prostitution and stop sex trafficking from happening because most cases are likewise

2. What is the prosecutor's current policy regarding prostitution-related offenses?

The prosecutor's current policy is to enforce penalties likes fines to stop them from doing the act again and they get more serious if they do it more

3. What are the typical sentences handed out to those who are convicted?

The typical sentences are jail time and a fine or if they a repeat offender, more jail time and higher fines to pay.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Yes, because they are in jail to pay for their actions of consequences

5. What effect, if any, does the imposition of a sentence have on subsequent involvement in prostitution?

The effect it should have on them it's stop them from doing prostitution or seeking for that kind of service and change their direct path/

6. What responses do police officers use, other than arrest and prosecution?

I'm not sure what this is asking here.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

No, theuy aren't as they are much better responses on how to deal with these type of situations.

8. What social, health and substance abuse treatment services are available to assist prostitutes?

I'm pretty sure rehab it's to help of them who are going through something there's always a program to help wth this kind of addictions.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

No, they refuse, as most of them are sex trafficked.

psoto12: Sp cq clients johns

1. What is known about the clients (e.g., age, race, occupation, socio-economic status, marital status, criminal history, residence)?

Well We can see middle-aged males are looking for prostitutes of young ages and middle-aged. Some are married while others are not, most of them have convicted prositution charges and the same can be applied to the women.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

The clients are well dedicated to prostitution as they are driving around to seek a prosotitute so I would say 100% dediicated.

3. What groups are particularly concerned and why? What specific concerns are expressed?

The groups that are concerned are the community as a whole because it puts the people in a way where it feels uneasy for them to know there's people on the street selling their body for that stuff.

4. How committed are they to soliciting prostitutes on the street or in a particular area?

They are committed heavily because they would drive to these specific areas to meet with a prostitute I mean it goes both ways because one is doing it for the sexual desire of pleasure, while one is getting paid to the act.

ialpizar: Sp cq pimps

1. Do the prostitutes work for pimps or others who profit from their income?

Yes most often.

ialpizar: Sp cq street prostitutes

1. Does street prostitution take only one form (e.g., female prostitutes and male clients), or are there several different forms (e.g., homosexual or transvestite prostitution)?

Street prostitution can take m any forms, some are female, some trans, with mainly male clients. Even homosexual prostitution is a thing as well.

2. What is known about the prostitutes (e.g., age, gender, race, criminal history, social service history, substance abuse history, residence)?

Usually younger looking, deemed more attractive by the clients, mostly those who are of color, female, have a substance abuse problem, some have been convicted most haven't. They do tend to have social service history as their kids or kid is not being properly taken care of or watched for.

3. Do street prostitutes commit crimes against clients (e.g., robbery or theft)?

Yes both.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

They can be yes, usually assault.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Usually very, most choose this lifestyle voluntarily, but some don't know they can get help to get out of it.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

They usually seem committed to a certain location due to the acceptance of the business owners around, like bar owners, and probably safer clients to pursue, but if the area is too hot with officers, they reluctantly move on to a shadier side of the street or town.

ialpizar: Sp cq sexual transactions

1. How, specifically, do street prostitutes and clients negotiate and complete sexual transactions?

The clients seem to approach often in their vehicle, and most often do the transactions in the vehicle as it is easier than finding a spot to complete it at. Sometimes even those up on the socail ladder, have drugs on them so instead of money they might trade drugs for sex.

2. Do clients solicit prostitutes on foot or from a vehicle?

usually from a vehicle.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Often in the vehicle, in an abandoned building, etc

4. Do prostitutes and clients take precautions to prevent sexually-transmitted disease?

sex workers often are very strict on wearing condoms and taking antibiotics, as for the clients that may also be true.

ialpizar: Sp cq current response

1. What is the police department's current policy in dealing with street prostitution?

There isn't much enforcement on their part, from what their commander mentioned, due to funding and the fact that they don't have many resources for that and the call volume for the officers have increased over time and they don't have many available to go out patrolling for this situation.

2. What is the prosecutor's current policy regarding prostitution-related offenses?

They do prosecute the prostitute but also starting to go after the client as well instead of letting them off. They sometimes keep certain workers on check to see if they can get any info on the pimps they might work for.

3. What are the typical sentences handed out to those who are convicted?

idk

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

not often, from what i know with prostitutes, they often will sign something that says they will show up in court and then they get released and maybe show up, often don't.

5. What effect, if any, does the imposition of a sentence have on subsequent involvement in prostitution?

For clients, a little more, it makes them less likely to reoffend if caught, but often even if the prostitutes go to a rehab facility, often even after getting clean they will still end up going back on the corner.

6. What responses do police officers use, other than arrest and prosecution?

They often sometimes threaten to arrest but don't, in some cases they feel empathy for those who get caught as one of the clients and give them a warning for their activity. Most of the time from what I have read, it is their presence that often they use to divert a crowd.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

Police presence I think is effective in the sense that it makes it too much of a hot spot for cops, creating an unsafe environment for clients ability to be discrete with what they are there for, and for the workers to be able to work in secret.

8. What social, health and substance abuse treatment services are available to assist prostitutes?

Shelters, health department, welfare case workers, case workers for their children, community like the church, etc.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

Some yes, some no. They are often afraid of getting caught and usually people who are on substances only truly try and get clean if they want to. Often these women will put up with abuse just to get their fixings. But also seems some of them don't realize or know that these services are available to them.

ialpizar: Sp cq police community members

1. How concerned is the police department about street prostitution?

They are, but they often mentioned the fact that they dont have the resources or funds to keep up on the prostitution problem.

2. How concerned is the community?

The community is concerned, most residents who have lived in the area for a while expressed how upset they were of the fact of how mucht he area has gone downhill. Many too hate the fact that they leave a mess behind and having to clean up after it before the kids of the neighborhood see it.

3. What groups are particularly concerned and why? What specific concerns are expressed?

The groups that are mainly concerned are those who live in the neighborhood and some business owners.

4. How organized and active are community members who oppose street prostitution?

The church tries to offer help to prostitutes and offer help to the police department to try and keep this low or even find a solution to it. Caseworkers try and help with it comes to the children of the prostitutes.

5. What level of street prostitution are they willing to tolerate?

Low level, I know the officers also have certain girls they keep an eye on and get info on for the pimps involved in bigger schemes.

ialpizar: Sp cq environment

1. Does street prostitution take place in more than one area?

Yes, not only is the hot spot lower scott ave, but it is also starting to migrate to upper scott ave.

2. What conditions make the area(s) attractive for street prostitution?

Low lights, places that look shady, more discrete. Often they also go into bars to try and pick up on men, one that is popular in many responses is Lucky's.

3. If street prostitution occurs in several areas, how are they similar and different?

Usually in a more deconstructed area, one that hasn't been kept up by the community or the city. Clients know where to go based on the way it looks, even certain bars will call up a girl for a male who is looking.

4. What area businesses are harmed by the presence of street prostitution?

Some of the hotels, or even newer businesses.

5. What area businesses support and/or benefit from street prostitution?

Motels, bars.

6. Is the street prostitution market in each area old or new? Has it changed in size recently? If so, why?

Old, from what residents have said, over the years it has gotten worse and worse.

7. Do street prostitution areas have a reputation as being dangerous or safe for clients?

dangerous on the fact that most likely would get robbed, but not as dangerous as it is for the girls working.

8. Are street prostitution areas isolated, or busy with other activities?

a bit of both

9. What other types of crime occur in the area? How much is related to street prostitution?

vehicle theft, drugs, sex offenses, assault, theft of the person.

10. If street prostitution were forced out of a target area, where would you predict it might reappear?

probably in another area where it supplies the things it needs to support that activity.

ialpizar: Sp cq drugs

1. To what extent are street prostitutes, clients and pimps engaged in the sale or use of drugs?

It goes hand in hand with prostitution, like one officer said, if there is drunk men, alcohol, and drugs, they are there. Most of these prostitutes are heavily into drugs and usually do this to help continue to pay for their addiction.

2. Are street prostitution and street drug markets near each other?

Not typically from what I read, but they can cross over.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Not all the time, but yes it does happen.

ialpizar: Sp cq clients johns

1. What is known about the clients (e.g., age, race, occupation, socio-economic status, marital status, criminal history, residence)?

Most clients are a lot older, around 30-50 years old, mainly white men with wives and children, some are college students as well, college age of early 20s. From what cops even said some even are men who are in power, like politicians. The majority of clients I spoke to are convicted and have been arrested for soliciting prostitution. Most of the time these men are not from the area but know it enough to know who to go to and where.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Most of them are, they tend to know which girl they look for so they have had previous experience and would continue it with that girl since they trust her, especially in the keeping it a secret part.

3. What groups are particularly concerned and why? What specific concerns are expressed?

The group mainly concerned are those men who are politicians or in a position of power, to not get seen badly from the public for doing illegal activity. Not only that, this includes the men who are married with good jobs and kids. Not wanting to let that information get out is vital as they don't want to lose their stable jobs and family.

4. How committed are they to soliciting prostitutes on the street or in a particular area?

Usually on lower Scott Ave, and pretty committed.

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