kourtwalker1: Sp cq clients johns

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

The clients tend to be men who are married, middle and upper class, and overall have something to lose. All of the clients that have been interviewed have been arrested for patronizing prostitutes or soliciting except for one. The only client who was not arrested ensures he goes to the safest area to ensure his family and friends never find out what he's doing.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

The clients are moderately committed. Some of the clients tend to go home if they can't find a regular or feel safe while others will go to different areas until they find the one.

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

The groups who are mainly concerned are business and family oriented men. They are afraid their family and friends will find out and become disappointed and disgusted with them. If they are found to be clients of prostitutes, their families could split, their businesses could fail, and overall they will be outcasts.

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

The clients are moderately committed. They tend to go to low areas, especially drug areas, to find prostitutes. They will even bribe them with drugs.

melisozgur23: Sp cq drugs

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

Prostitutes often have drug dependency that they may get from the clients.

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

Yes, they go hand and hand.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes

melisozgur23: Sp cq pimps

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

Yes, they may have employers.

melisozgur23: 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?

Clientele

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

The area may determine the clientele, prices, type of service.

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

Stores, restaurants, places where tourists may go.

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

Bars, hotels.

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

It is expanding. Growing in size even if street level may seem to decrease.

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

Unpredictable and dangerous.

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

Both.

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

Drug, robbery, assault. It is directly related.

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

Neighboring areas with lower surveillance.

melisozgur23: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Brief verbal conversations where price and service is discussed.

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

Both. Some may do discreetly from vehicle others go to places that have prostitution.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Various locations, hotels, bars, cars, street.

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

Protection is usually used, such as condoms.

melisozgur23: Sp cq clients johns

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

Clients come from all backgrounds. There is no specific description to represent a client.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Clients are less committed to prostitution than the sex workers due to the feeling of shame. However, they are driven by desire, so they find a quick "transaction", but show no loyalty.

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

Business owners are concerned as it tarnishes the neighborhoods image. It causes people to stay away which causes business to close.

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

Clients often just seek what is "easy and quick" not often sticking to a specific area.

melisozgur23: 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 many forms. Heterosexual, homosexual, young/juvenile, trafficking.

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

Prostitutes are most likely driven by drug dependency, poverty, abuse, unstable housing, etc.

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

Prostitutes may steal from clients if they are desperate but they are often the victim of the crime instead.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, violence, assault, exploitation

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

They are committed to prostitution and need it to exist because it is their only means to make money.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

They usually aren’t committed to a specific location, they go where the money is at.

melisozgur23: Sp cq police community members

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

They are concerned because it is an annoyance but are not concerned enough to do something about it.

2. How concerned is the community?

Very concerned. The neighborhood group complains to the police commander nearly every meeting, but nothing ever comes out of it. According to the citizen survey data, the seriousness of the problem is an 8.3 out of 10. The complaint report also shows the rising issues.

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

a. Residents- safety, noise, harassment
b. Local businesses- deterred customers due to prostitution in the area
c. Service providers (social workers, counselor, etc.)- concerned for the welfare of the workers

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

Organization varies. Some community members have ideas proposed to the police department to help with the issues that come with prostitution others just have complaints with no solutions to offer.

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

If something is done about the drug sales and strangers in the neighborhood. Create areas that they are allowed to be and ban them from populated areas.

httpswillow: Sp cq current response

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

Currently, they arrest girls who violate laws like loitering because arresting them for prostitution is harder to prove. However, in some cases, they'll use undercover officers or informants to make new arrests.

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

In most cases, they don't even make it to prosecution.

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

Things like probation are usually the sentences given.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Most times, they just go back to soliciting.

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

There doesn't seem to be an effect on the imposition of a sentence after being involved in prostitution.

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

They'll threaten to arrest prostitutes if they don't leave the area. For johns, they threaten to call their family, friends, and employers if they're seen soliciting again. Another thing is that sometimes officers will harass prostitutes so that they're forced to leave the area.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

The only response that seems semi-effective is the threat to call known individuals when johns are caught.

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

There are local drug treatment facilities along with social workers in the area. There is also an emergency room for prostitutes to go to if they've been assaulted.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

For a lot of prostitutes, they're unaware that these services even exist. As Jackie May stated, "A lot of us don't know what help is available anyway. I sorta got lucky getting into this program. I didn't even know it existed.”

httpswillow: Sp cq police community members

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

According to one officer, the police department was never concerned about street prostitution up until the recent homicide. This seems to be corroborated by another officer who stated that he didn't want to give johns a criminal charge for something so small.

2. How concerned is the community?

The community is concerned, however, according to the police, they know very little about the ongoing prostitution issue. Some parts of the community (particulary the businesses who benefit from this market) aren't concerned. The community also only seems to be concerned with "streetwalkers" versus the upper scale prostitutes.

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

The area residents and business owners (who don't benefit from the street prostitution market) are particularly concerned. They're cocerned due to it making the area more dangerous, while also losing business from their regular clientel.

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

It seems that most community members who oppose street prostitution come from the area businesses.

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

Commander Brian Rule stated that, "The community as a whole knows very little about the prostitution problem in the city. It’s only when they see the familiar signs that they become alarmed. Our best efforts are to keep those signs to a minimum.”

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