laneyd: 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 takes several forms, but the main type reported here is female prostitutes with male clients. Other forms are not mentioned.

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

Most prostitutes are adult women, around 29 years old in the reported case. Race is not specified. Some may have a criminal or social service history. Many have substance abuse issues, and most live on the streets or in unstable housing.

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

There is no clear evidence that street prostitutes commit crimes against clients.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, street prostitutes are often victims of crime, including assaults, robberies, and even murder.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Prostitutes are fairly committed, often returning to the same streets despite risks and arrests.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

They are somewhat committed to certain hotspots, like Scott Avenue and Breeze Street, but may move if police or danger increases.

laneyd: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Street prostitutes and clients usually negotiate openly on the street, often using hand signals or brief conversation. Transactions are completed quickly, sometimes near vehicles or in nearby buildings.

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

Clients solicit prostitutes both on foot and from vehicles.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Transactions usually happen nearby, either in cars, abandoned buildings, or quiet areas close to the street.

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

It is not clear, but there is no evidence that they consistently take precautions to prevent sexually-transmitted diseases.

laneyd: Sp cq clients johns

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

Not much is known about the clients. They are adult men, some walking and some in cars. Their jobs, income, and criminal history are unknown. They probably live nearby. Other details like age, race, or marital status are not reported.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Clients are not very committed; they seem to use prostitutes occasionally and are mostly there for short-term encounters.

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

Local residents, business owners, and shelter counselors are concerned. Residents worry about safety and crime. Business owners worry that prostitution hurts their business. Counselors worry about violence against prostitutes and low reporting of abuse.

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

They are somewhat committed, mostly visiting known hotspots like Scott Avenue and Breeze Street, but they may go elsewhere if the area becomes risky.

ambrospe: Sp cq current response

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

Arresting them and prosecuting them.

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

There looks to not really be any.

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

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Not really.

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

it doesn’t have one. They just get arrested and arrested over and over again.

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

They just scare the prostitues and give them warnings. All that does is literally take the problem off the street but now it’s in bars and things similar.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

not really.

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

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

They are going to the er when they absolutely need the physical help.

ambrospe: Sp cq current response

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

Arresting them and prosecuting them.

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

There looks to not really be any.

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

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Not really.

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

it doesn’t have one. They just get arrested and arrested over and over again.

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

They just scare the prostitues and give them warnings. All that does is literally take the problem off the street but now it’s in bars and things similar.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

not really.

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

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

They are going to the er when they absolutely need the physical help.

ambrospe: Sp cq clients johns

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

Some clients are married with kids. Some might nit have any good relationships with women so soliciting prostitution is the only way that they can get any type of connection.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Very Committed.

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

It looks like thefts clients are concerned with their families finding out more than the police.

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

very committed ti the point that they know who regulars are and where to go so no one sees them.

ambrospe: Sp cq pimps

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

It looks like many of them dont have pimps. The money they earn is sometimes so little that they spend it all on drugs.

ambrospe: Sp cq environment

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

Yes.

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

Honestly, i want to say the type of clients they are looking for is where they are going. For example, college campuses.

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

They are similar in the fact that the areas that have store shut down and there is only liquor stores and bars.

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

Clothing shops or shopping districts is where prostitution caused for them to shut down.

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

Bars and Liquor stores

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

I want to say that it is new and not changed in size.

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

It has a reputation for being dangerous for clients.

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

They are busy with drug trafficking as well.

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

It looks like thefts and assaults are major crimes with assaults being high with prostitution.

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

I want to say that the prostitues would just find some other place where maybe its not as monitored by police.

ambrospe: 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)?

It does look like street restitution only takes one form that being female prostites and male clients.

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

It looks like the majority of them do it for drugs and money.

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

It looks like the prostitutes dont but the clients do get violent.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Very committed. They are lowering their prices just to get cash and sometimes exchange sex for drugs.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

Somewhat committed. I say this because some of them already know what to do if there is an area that isn’t safe. They know where to go and when to go back.

ambrospe: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

The clients sometimes go into the drug neighborhoods and look for prostitutes there and exchange their own drugs for oral sex.

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

Both

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Anywhere really In a car, somewhere vacant, in bathrooms and more areas.

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

Jewlee says that she makes all of her clients wear condoms though i do not know if they get regularly checked out at the doctors to see if they have any type of STDs.

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