mjarriel: Sp cq environment

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

Yes, lower income neighborhoods are not the only ones affected.

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

Low light, low surveillance/police presence, lower foot traffic

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

They are similar geographically in location, however the crimes and severity can differ based on location and opportunities awarded by location.

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

hotels, bars, casinos, or anywhere where they are tendencies of criminal activity.

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

bars and hotels because they draw more customers who are searching specifically for prostitutes, and will be more likely to patronize these locations.

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

According to the data, nothing is new but it has seen a recent surge in crime related to prostitution within the last six months

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

They are typically dangerous, as not only have sex crimes surged but assaults in the area have as well.

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

Some are, some are not.

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

Assault, Theft, burglary, etc.

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

It could spill into the more affluent neighborhoods or they will find another opportunity in a town similar

zypher1: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

They go to dark alleys or negotiate inside of buildings. Most johns use their car to drive around and let the prostitutes find them.

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

From a vehicle for the most part.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Lucky's bar, in cars/dark alleys, secret hotels.

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

Yes they use condoms.

zypher1: Sp cq drugs

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

The prostitutes for the most part are very inclined to get drugs.

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

Yes

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes they do

zypher1: 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 are younger to middle aged males. Most of them are in the lower to middle classes, some have criminal history.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Clients are moderately committed to prostitution.

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

The groups that are mainly concerned are the residents, business owners, and social workers.

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

They are normally from the 200-800 block in Scotts Street.

mjarriel: Sp cq drugs

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

Incredibly! Drugs are a strong motivator for prostitution and solicitation of prostitution. Most are only in the field to fuel their drug habits.

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

Yes, everything is intertwined.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

I'm sure many would prefer money, because they can use it to provide their own supply or pay off their drug dealers who they may owe money to.

mjarriel: Sp cq clients johns

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

Many clients are white, middle age, married, and are often repeat offenders.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

At the first chance of trouble, clients will abandon the prostitute to avoid a run in with the police, or potentially getting killed or mugged.

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

Community leaders and service providers are concerned for different reasons, Community leaders want their residents and neighborhoods to remain safe and clean, while service leaders often care about the young women who are turning to prostitution to make money.

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

They are committed to dark, less traveled areas to avoid the risks of being seen.

BOBO0608: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

The johns drive up and down the main street and sometimes the back dark area land the women come and find the men.

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

From vehicles mostly but some are on foot.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Surrounding vacant buildings, luckys bar, secret hotel,

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

Yes the johns wear condoms.

BOBO0608: 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)?

No it is only the straight variety.

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

For the most part they have a substance abuse history, are women, and some of them have dependent kids.

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

Yes some of them do, but mostly against the non regulars.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Some of them are it depends on the area.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Very, sometimes the money is good or they are able to score drugs off of the johns.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

Very committed to the area around Lucky's Bar where the bartenders help put the prostitutes in exchange for money. On top of that around that area are vacant buildings where the girls take the johns.

BOBO0608: Sp cq pimps

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

A small amount of the girls have pimps or work for a drug dealer who they owe money to.

BOBO0608: Sp cq drugs

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

Pretty heavily due to some of the prostitutues actually being paid with drugs instead of cash.

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

Yes

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes

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