Louis2123: Sp cq police community members

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

Not really. They try but not much can they do

2. How concerned is the community?

Very

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

Residents, community leaders, service provides, police staff

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

Greatly, but they run in constant roadblocks

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

Little to none

Louis2123: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Negotiate price depending on condition of worker

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

Vehicle

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

sidelines of streets or in vehicles by the curb

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

Mostly with condoms

Louis2123: 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)?

The street prostitution problem in Central City appears to involve mainly male clients soliciting female prostitutes.

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

the prostitutes range from teenagers to middle-aged women

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

Crimes 12 months ago 6 months ago last month
Number of robberies 2 5 14
Number of assaults 9 15 26
Number of lost wallet reports 0 1 8
Thefts from vehicles 8 13 25

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Sometimes

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Depends. Some need money while others prefer safer methods

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

Not very. If an event is in town they move closer to activity

Esnerly11: Sp cq clients johns

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

Clients are primarily male and come from diverse backgrounds, including college students and employed family men with stable socio-economic status.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Clients show moderate to high commitment, as many repeatedly solicit prostitutes and treat the activity as routine.

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

Residents, business owners, employers, and public officials are most concerned due to increased crime, economic loss, public disorder, and safety risks.

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

Clients are strongly attracted to specific areas like Scott Avenue due to accessibility and low risk, but will shift locations if conditions change.

Juliet.Prioleau-123.: Sp cq police community members

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

In lower Scott Street the the Commanding Officer is apathetic to the prostitution being committed. He feels enforcement is useless due to early release of sex workers. This has caused a low morale amongst the staff under his command. An recommendation to replace the Commanding Officer is strongly encouraged. Hiring someone who understands the community they're employed to protect deserves a Commanding Officer who is interested in law enforcement. They should be a to have a plan that would collaborate resources between the community, local BID and Social organizations. Retraining of police staff and enforcement of the drug trade and prostitution. In upper Scott Street the current Commanding Officer needs to crackdown on the businesses that are promoting prostitution and drug trafficking by working with the District Attorney Office and local elected officials. Zero tolerance to all businesses engaged in illegal activities.

2. How concerned is the community?

In bith communities there's a concern but the residents of lower Scott Street have grown irritated with the the Commanding Officer feeling he has abandoned their community. In upper Scott Street it's the "Nembie" approach they're genuinely concerned about lowering of their property value and their families being potentially harassed by sex workers or drug dealers.

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

The church, social organizations and Healthcare professionals are concerned. They have noticed an increase in domestic violence, assaults, open prostitution, drug and alcohol abuse and increase in STD's and newly diagnosed HIV infections. They would like an intensive public health campaign to be initiated with a collaboration from their organizations and the City.

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

The community members have brought their concerns to the Commanding Officer with no success. They have begun photographing and compiling list of clients who frequent the sex workers or drug houses. They have collaborated with the church to provide help with families affected by the issues discussed in the report.

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

They're not willing to tolerate any level of prostitution because of the detrimental impact it has had on their community.

Louis2123: Sp cq clients johns

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

Primarily adult men with access to cars, some level of social stability, and varying degrees of criminal involvement, who are highly sensitive to risk, exposure, and convenience.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Most clients are not strongly committed to prostitution. Their involvement is conditional, opportunistic, and highly sensitive to risk, visibility, and convenience.

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

Different groups (clients, police/government, community, and institutions) are concerned for different reasons, but the central themes are risk, safety, reputation, and community impact.

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

They are not strongly committed to soliciting prostitutes on the street or to particular areas. Their involvement is situational and conditional.

garciagisselle32: Sp cq clients johns

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

What is known is that one client got arrested for murder that is 33 years old. At least one client lives outside the immediate area, as he mentions driving “into the city” to buy drugs and trade them for sex.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

They do not seem to be deeply committed on buying sex. Many clients are easily scared off by the risk of being caught or getting sick.

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

Many are concerned for different reasons. Counselors at a women shelters worry about the growing and sometimes deadly violence that clients are inflicting on women. Local citizens and restaurant owners are upset with prostitution is happening so openly near their businesses.

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

Clients are not deeply committed to buying sex on the street and will easily give up if it becomes difficult or risky.

Juliet.Prioleau-123.: Sp cq environment

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

Yes according to the electronic surveillance report prostitution is occurring in both upper and lower Scott Street.

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

Multiple bars, clubs and strip clubs where college students and businessmen frequent. Poor lighting around blighted properties. An investment in the local business improvement district would be helpful. Bring in family oriented businesses. Install better street lights. Rehabilitation of abandoned or rundown properties. Enforcement of laws of businesses that promote prostitution.

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

The businesses affected in upper Scott Street are the upscale bars and restaurants. The areas of lower Scott Street are the establishments that are known to police for other public law infractions. The difference is the socioeconomic status of the clients that frequent the sex workers in most cases.

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

The business harmed are family restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies small business owners.

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

The businesses that support and/or benefit from street prostitution are the motels, bars and strip clubs.

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

The street prostitution in the area has increased in size due to the increase of drug sales in the areas, more arrest of individuals having ecstasy pills, percocets and Tranq on their presence. There has been a closure of the factory, where many residents were employed and an uptake of drug and alcohol abuse has been noted. Some of the sex workers also reported to be recently been laid off from the factory and have resorted to prostitution temporarily to support their families.

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

The street prostitution areas in lower Scott Street have been known to be unsafe increase in clients being robbed or assaulted during interactions with sex workers. In upper Scott Street the prostitution is more indoors where clients are able to purchase drugs at locations and have encounters with sex workers.

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

In lower Scott Street many of the small business owners complain of their patrons being harassed by sex workers. In upper Scott Street some bars and restaurants complain that they have to frequently chase sex workers out of their establishments. They have had to hire more security personnel.

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

Some of the crimes that occurred in Scott Street are assaults, robberies, drug sales and public lewdness. There has been a direct correlation in the increasing crime patterns on Scott Street.

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

If street prostitution was forced out of the Scott Street area it would probably move to neighboring communities unless a community revival program is not initiated and a new major employer brought back to replace jobs lost by the factory closure.

Juliet.Prioleau-123.: Sp cq drugs

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

Methamphetamine, crack, heroin, and cocaine are the drug’s which prostitutes are addicted to when booked into county jail, and medical evaluation performed. Pimps that have been arrested are either dealers themselves are during drug investigations have been known to purchase larger quantities of illicit drugs. To help with controlling their stable of sex workers. Lower class sex workers frequent the drug spots after performing sex acts.

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

The dope houses and areas where street prostitution is being performed is less than a block away. Houses that have multiple dwellings also are known to have some form of prostitution occurring either in exchange for drugs or renting of rooms.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Thirty-five percent of the sex workers arrested upon interview have confirmed that they occasionally will exchange sex for drugs, if the client has large enough quantities.

Cerb1021: 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)?

several different forms

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

Many suffer from drug addiction, came from abusive homes, in and out of rehab, and depend on government housing and benefits.

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

Yes, there are reports of planned robbery commited against clients.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Research shows that this is sometimes the case, coming from abusive households or working for absuive people.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Its more a means to an end, a way of surviving.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

It depends if they have regulars, what businesses are around and the presence of police patrol in the area

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