bhaynes01: 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)?

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

they come in varieties

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

yes

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

yes and no

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

nearly 100% most of the time

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

N/A

bhaynes01: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

80%

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

from a vehicle

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

in a car

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

not all the time

bhaynes01: Sp cq police community members

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

not very much, will consider handouts

2. How concerned is the community?

N/A

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

gangs

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

N/A

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

N/A

bhaynes01: Sp cq pimps

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

sometimes

bhaynes01: 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?

open areas, discrete locations

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

they are mostly different

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

local bars

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

bars

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

N/A

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

yes

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

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

drugs, violence

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

in another vacant area

bhaynes01: Sp cq drugs

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

there a variety

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

yes

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

yes

bhaynes01: Sp cq current response

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

pushed aside, taking handouts

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

redirecting traffic

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

time behind bars

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

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

N\A

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

handouts

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

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

Resources found online or given by local law enforcement

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

N/A

bhaynes01: Sp cq clients johns

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

violent , mixture of races

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

regularly

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

prostitutes, local businesses, community, police

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

being known as violent

eva.hoetschl: 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)?

Mostly female but some expressed that their clients wanted experiences that were different than their normal clients.

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

Some have substance abuse problems and many of them have children that they can't take care of. Most get some type of assistance.

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

Yes, especially the ones who are on drugs.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, violence from some clients.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Some of them would like help but most don't see a reason to stop.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

They prefer uptown due to the higher paying clients.

eva.hoetschl: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Most are through bars, on the street, in cars, hotels or back alleyways (especially loading docks).

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

Mostly from vehicles but according to reports, it's pretty even either way.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

See #1

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

Most use condoms, which end up all as evidence all over the street, in cabs and hotel rooms. The ones on drugs care less about this.

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