Olivia8: Sp cq drugs

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

Highly engaged

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

Yes, used as payment as well, client mentioned you need to find a prostitute to gain access to drugs since they know where they are at.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes a client has mentioned it as using it for payment.

tylerpadge: Sp cq drugs

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

Highly engaged

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

YES. often used as payment aswell. one client mentioned if you find drugs you just need to find a prostitute and then youll have access to buying drugs

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes, client mentioned using it for payment for oral sex

tylerpadge: Sp cq pimps

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

not all, some are independent

Olivia8: Sp cq pimps

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

Not all of them

Olivia8: 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)?

Most likely, most common to be heterosexual

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

Mostly women, age varies, history of abuse and substance abuse, they go to women from social services, women that help battered women note that prostitutes go through violence and abuse from clients

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

Nothing noted, potential theft

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, abuse

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Pretty committed since it is their livelihood

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

If successful they will stay committed to a certain area.

tylerpadge: 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)?

Most likely, but more commonly heterosexual

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

Only women interviewed, age varies, alot of history with abuse and substrace abuse, women from social service (battered womens) noted alot of prostitutes are abused by same clients and bond over it

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

nothing noted but potential theft

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

yes, abuse

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

its their livelyhood

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

if successful they will stay committed to particular location

Olivia8: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

One john was offering drugs for prostitution, normal payment with money

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

Clients are in vehicle or in bar, sometimes on street as well

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Alleyways, quiet areas, parked vehicles

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

Both attempt to

tylerpadge: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

One man noted using drugs as payment
Obviously money

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

Vehicle or in bars/clubs
or sometimes on street in passing

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Alleyways, quiet and dark areas, parked vehicle

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

Attempt
client notes main concern is sexually-transmitted diesease and takes pecautions to avoid

gwelp: Sp cq environment

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

YES
- bars, clubs
- outside/street
- escort services

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

- private
- during conventions/big sporting events
- near hotels
- on a main street

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

- they are similar in that they offer privacy, but are still away from everyday citizens, they are near hotels/bars/bathrooms, take place during events with a high population of potential clients
- they are different in that some are safer and others are known for being more dangerous, bars allow for prostitutes to be indoors, while street prostitutes deal with dangers of drug market

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

- Engineering business...stolen goods, employees soliciting pros during shift
- furniture store
- drycleaners

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

- bars
- clubs
- liquor stores
- hotel/motel
- private security...want private security to patrol the mall

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

- street pros market is old...newer would be bars/escort service

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

- viewed as more dangerous, if the area/neighborhood itself is more seedy/dangerous
- street prostitution associated with the drug market
- sober pros viewed as safer/preferred...addicts not as safe/charge less

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

- some areas are isolated...private, by hotels...
- bars...busy with other activities
- big conferences, events, sporting events...busy with activities...but go to surrounding private areas
- occur on main streets, but out of direct public view

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

- arrests of prostitutes
- arrests of johns
- robberies
- assaults
- lost wallet reports
- thefts from vehicles
- Stolen goods (phones, CDs...)
- drug use/sale...narcotics arrests (marijuana, cocaine, opium, synthetics, other)

- car burglaries
- crime against persons
- drug arrests
- robberies
- sex offenses

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

I would think that it would move to other high-traffic drug market areas...this would be the more unsafe relocation

Olivia8: Sp cq clients johns

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

Older men, married men, younger men in the more populated areas, good men with jobs and higher on the social ladder, only one out of four repeat offenders

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Quite addicted, come back other nights if not sure, risking their public image for prostitution

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

Johns worried about getting caught or families finding out, or word getting out about their actions

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

Highly committed, described as being addicted, would go other places to be with them.

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