jydart: Sp cq current response

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

Enforcing laws that prohibit soliciting, patronizing, loitering for prositution, etc. Sporadic and periodic sweeps are conducted as well.

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

Charges under soliciation, loitering or other misdemeanors rather than actually requiring proof of explicit money for sex.

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

Those who are convicted usually recieve fines, minor jail stays or misdemeanor sanctions.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Many prostitutes fail to appear to court.

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

minimal/short term

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

warning, community based tolerance zoning, curfews, resticting clients, etc

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

Yes

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

Drug treament, assisted housing, medical care, job training, counsling, outreach programs

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

only partly

kevinonpop22: Sp cq drugs

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

Clients and pimps wield substantial power over street prostitutes through money and influence. However, prostitutes can be useful in testifying against clients and pimps, if they are willing to cooperate.

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

Yes, street prostitution and street drug markets seem to be in close proximity to each other, in some way, shape, or form, which is how some prostitutes can be busted also selling drugs. Moreover, possession of illegal drugs is often how law enforcement is able to catch clients, pimps, and other powerful figures.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes, some prostitutes exchange sex for drugs. Those whom have become addicted to drugs fall prey to drug sellers, and even after rehab efforts, fall back into old habits. Drug sellers often need money, and when a prostitute cannot offer money, they resort to other forms of payment.

sammieb_12345: Sp cq drugs

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

Most of the prostitutes don't use a pimp and are in debt to the drug dealers or are in need of their next hit and desperate for money. Which is why street prostitution works hand-in-hand with the drug trade.

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

No, street prostitution is on Upper Scott Ave while the drug markets are on the lower end.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes, some prostitutes will accept drugs for sexual favors to continue to feed their addiction, they will even show the client where to get the drugs from their dealer, benefitting both businesses.

sammieb_12345: Sp cq clients johns

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

Stanley Wiltern and Richard Meyer both mention a fear that their communities will find out about their offense. All clients travel to their locations and try to stick with familiar prostitutes while moving to a "safe" are just going home if they are not their.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

3 out of 4 of the "Johns" go for the idea of a "date" or prostitution. While 1 of the clients goes to gain drugs, stating that if he has issues finding a dealer, the prostitutes are likely to know where to go.

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

The groups are prostitution and drug dealing. The concerns they express are of those discovering the charges.

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

3 out of the 4 are committed as they go to their regular areas, 2 go to areas or to prostitutes that they believe are safe while the 1 will leave if the area looks unsafe or they aren't "working the main drag".

jydart: 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 Clinets seem to be mostly adult males from their 20s- 50s. They all come from different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds but they mainly appear to men middle/working classmen. Many of them are married or committed as we with little to no extensive criminal histories. They usually do not reside in the neighborhood.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Clients seem to be low to moderatley committed to prositution. Most seem to be situational users.

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

Residents, buisness owner, property oweners, and social service agencies seem to be quite concerned. They are concerned about things such as safety, haraasment, negative reputation, declining property value, healthy safety, etc.

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

They seem to be loosely commited as they loyaliity resided on conveince, presence, minimal police visbility etc.

amcole5: Sp cq clients johns

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

14 'John's" in vehicles at 12am, 11 more on foot. An increase in complaints, robberies, and assaults. Potentially mixing in drug activitiy with prostitution.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

14 clients in cars with 11 on foot at 12am. They are seeking out at predictable times, willing to go through a known place for prostitution, knowing police have been on the lookout. Shows that is situation is more than a one-time behavior.

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

Residents/Visitors:Worried about safety, visible prostitution, and lack of police presence.
Business Owners: Concerned about losing customers and the area’s declining reputation.
Police: Concerned about rising violence, drug involvement, and community pressure.
Social Service Providers: Worried about increased violence toward sex workers and low reporting.
City Council: Concerned that the mayor and police aren’t addressing the worsening problem.

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

High: Business owners, social service providers, city council.
Moderate–High: Residents/visitors.
Moderate: Police and the mayor, committed but politically cautious.

Hannahv: 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 usually takes the form of female on male but in certain places or with certain prostitutes there can be other forms.

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

The only thing known about the clients is their gender and age.

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

There are occasions where prostitutes will rob their clients, yes.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

They are the victims if they are treated wrongfully but they are also the perpetrators as prostitution is illegal.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

They are extremely committed - with shifts typically being near 8 hours and 5-6 days a week.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

They usually stick to a location but they switch locations on the occurrence of cops being around.

Hannahv: Sp cq police community members

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

They are pretty concerned because it is dangerous and can lead to more violence and a bad appearance of the area.

2. How concerned is the community?

Extremely concerned because it makes the area they live at look trashy and it makes it unsafe. It also hurts businesses.

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

Business owners are particularly concerned because the appearance of prostitutes typically run off customers. Prostitution clients also run off business customers because they come off aggressive and/or harmful.

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

They are active in the sense that they seem to report most things to the police but there's only so much they can do.

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

They are willing to tolerate a small amount that does not disrupt their lives or business.

maikamanhoff: Sp cq clients johns

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

Criminal history
Jim Paxton: Arrested, patronizing prostitutes
Richard Meyer: Arrested, soliciting an undercover officer
Rick Sampier: Arrested, patronizing prostitutes
Stanley Wiltern: Prostitution client

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Not much info
"a few times each month"

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

"getting caught and getting a disease."
Safety

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

“I drive into the city just to buy drugs. But it's real easy to find prostitutes, especially around the drug houses. "

“I usually visit the stroll a few times each month. If I see a girl I think is safe, I’ll stop and talk to her. I only have two concerns: getting caught and getting a disease. That’s why I always look for the regulars first. If I can’t find someone I know, then I'll drive by and check out the hookers on the street. "

"I rarely stray off the main thoroughfare when I'm looking for a date. I won’t stop if the area looks too unsafe. If the prostitutes aren’t working the main drag, then I just come back some other night.”

“I only drive through places that I think are relatively safe. I look for places that make it easy to negotiate with the prostitute without drawing too much attention."

kmoral31: Sp cq clients johns

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

males in there mid ages. married and not.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

very commited most of these call to it

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

men because of their spending

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

really committed

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