ellasnyder35: 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)?

Seems to be in this area just female prostitutes and male clients, mirroring a domestic violence dynamic.

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

Young, perhaps even age. They all have ID cards with some kind of government assistance. Strong substance abuse issues. Homelessness. They are interconnected.

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

If they are desperate for money for drugs, not all the time. They might break into cars.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, assault, but rarely report it to not incriminate themselves.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Correlated with how drug-addicted they are. Pretty committed in this area due to chronic substance abuse but they usually take precautions to stay safe but that can crumble fast.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

Not that committed, they will move elsewhere along the block if they are instructed to move.

ellasnyder35: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Sometimes in the bars they are approached and intimidated and charged a rate like $50-$100. A lot of them are repeat offenders that the girls know. Some accept drugs.

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

Both depending on the area.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Motels, fraternity houses (presumably) and cars.

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

Mostly, but the more drug-addicted the girl is the more likely to not wear a condom. The Johns try to look for a "safe" girl when driving around.

ellasnyder35: Sp cq police community members

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

Concerned, but think it's the fault of the

2. How concerned is the community?

Very concerned. Uptick in complaints in an already struggling area. They don't want to go outside at night. It will just get worse.

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

People with real estate interests, residents not involved in crime and feel vulnerable.

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

Not super mobilized, church shows promise though.

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

Want it confined to a specific area

ellasnyder35: Sp cq pimps

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

Not typically

ellasnyder35: Sp cq environment

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

Yes. On the Upper blocks of Scott Ave which has success from a nearby university it's mainly in those bars, which prostitutes say caters to them. In the lower blocks of Scott Ave it's more dangerous and takes place in cars, it's the backup.

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

money, alcohol, men. Cars guarantee the safety and privacy of Johns.

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

Upper blocks of Scott Ave it's "better" as it takes place in bars and sometimes with University men who just "leave with a girl." The more violent encounters happen on the lower blocks and surrounding areas in cars where the more committed prostitutes are.

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

Restaurants (stated in the article), real estate. Shopkeepers have left. Few of them left.

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

Motels and bars.

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

Recent economic downturn in the area over past 30 years. It's been existent but significantly worsened. Most of the ones that are left are the ones that benefit from the prostitution.

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

Dangerous at night if they aren't in a car. But if they know the girl they feel safe. Safer upper.

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

Up by the bars there is activity but not on lower blocks.

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

Article theft. If prostitutes are desperate for money, they might steal other things. There is also auto break ins.

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

Surrounding drug-markets, poor, dimly-lit neighborhoods. Motels that advertise motels for hourly rent as well.

ellasnyder35: Sp cq drugs

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

First, pimps aren't especially salient in this scenario, as it's mainly independent Johns. But sometimes, girls might owe money to the pimps because of drug debt, so that is related. Prostitutes also will accept drugs in lieu of money, and the more addicted they are, the more committed they are, and more likely to put themselves in violent situations.

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

Yes.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes

ellasnyder35: Sp cq current response

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

They are already struggling with a small budget and don't really know much about prostitution. They think the most effective ways to build a case to prosecute prostitutes are through undercover cops but those are expensive and not an ideal solution. They displace prostitutes if they are outside a certain area. They run sting operations which is relevant to prostitution since it's not intertwined with drugs

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

Little sentencing— all the girls are pretty much repeat offenders and they just sign a summons to return into court. They are rarely incarcerated— they don't mention it being deterrence in their interviews.

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

It goes on their record — they are back the next day and promise to go to court.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Prostitutes are trapped in a cycle where they don't report offenses either because that would incriminate themselves as sex workers. Clients plead guilty for the case to go away because they know it could threaten their livelihoods.

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

Little for both. Public registration/exposing of Johns would help since they would be humiliated if people found out what they did.

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

Displacing prostitutes, ignoring them, running sting operations.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

No. Things have gotten worse.

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

Well it's a bad starting place because prostitutes are already wary of government help/welfare — "don't see a reason" it won't help them. There are rehab programs that exist. They go to to the ER but cases are not reported unless a firearm was reported. There are outreach centers but some refuse prostitutes. The church actually would love to assist, and offers self-help workshops. They could be better funded.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

Not really.

ellasnyder35: Sp cq clients johns

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

Appears to be a mix of university-age students and older men who pick up the girls/women at the bar or driving around. They aren't low-income with criminal histories, they have money or exchange drugs of value. They want oral sex primarily or they want the prostitutes to do things they normally wouldn't ask for from partners. The ones on the Upper end of Scott Avenue are of preference they are younger and easier to intimidate/probably less violent.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Not that committed. They have a high stake in conformity and they won't get out of the car to pick up the prostitutes if they are in a seedy/open-air drug market area. They also are terrified of being exposed. They won't do it if something doesn't look right.

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

They want safety, privacy, and not STIs.

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

Younger clientele, less so. Older clientele in cars, more so, but not super committed to get out of a car.

maddieryan117: 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 occurs across all genders and sexual preferences.

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

They typically have a history of substance abuse and have already been arrested for similar crimes before.

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

Yes

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, they are victims of violence.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

They are so committed that they return to work even after being arrested and booked for prostitution.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

They are loyal to their familiar areas because they know where the drugs and money will be.

maddieryan117: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

These engagements happen in lowly lit areas.

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

They engage in both. Some will do so in low lighting, while others will go to local motels or even vehicles.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Most of them take place in the client's vehicle.

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

Some clients are worried about it, but the prostitutes rarely enforce using protection.

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