NRosaforte: 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?

Busy street, young clients, dark areas.

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

they are similar in their approach and price

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

Restaurants and retail stores

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

Clubs

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

Old

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

Dangerous

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

Busy

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

Theft and robbery. Prostitutes are robbed by their clients.

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

In places with similar characteristics.

NRosaforte: 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)?

Yes one form

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

substance abuse history and criminal history.

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

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Sometimes

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

75 percent

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

100 Percent

NRosaforte: Sp cq clients johns

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

Race and criminal history

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

40 percent

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

Community leaders and the police. They are concerned about prostitution and drugs.

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

100 percent committed.

aarahma3: Sp cq current response

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

They don't have enough budge to do much, they do, ever, believe being heavy on patrol makes the area get cleared of street prostitution, and however many times you bring a prostitute, they always get back on the streets, and the departments have mentioned that this problem needs to be addressed better by the court system.

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

Certain measures have been asked to be taken: redeveloping the area's economy outside of these kinds of businesses, establishing formal or informal red-light districts, creating laws that might prohibit any kind of association with prostitution, enhancing fines/penalties for prostitution offences committed, and paying more attention to all the complaints coming from communities.

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

Fines or a night in jail.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Yes, clients would rather pay the fine than be identified.

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

They don't really reduce street prostitution.

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

They can't do much other than giving out fines and penalties.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

Not really.

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

Rehab institutions, not much giving them a safe space to make the prostitutes' lives better.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

Most of them get back on the streets, either because they relapse or because they need money.

aarahma3: Sp cq clients johns

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

Usually middle-aged men, with a prior conviction record, people who are afraid of getting identified, mostly married men, residing within the same county.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

I would say they are fairly committed.

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

Some of the business owners are concerned for the prostitutes because they have noticed how the clients treat them and the prostitutes' age and how young they are, falling into drugs and dangerous situations.

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

They usually stick to particular areas because they have gotten to know the escape routes. To their knowledge, businesses in those areas support the activities either by turning a blind eye to them or gaining something out of them.

aarahma3: Sp cq drugs

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

To a great extent, street prostitution relies on exchanging in drug sales or people in this kind of business; most of them are drug addicts.

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

Yes, most of the time the prostitutes know exactly where to get supplies from and who.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Sometimes, they do, mostly for money.

aarahma3: Sp cq environment

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

Yes, but they are more consistent in certain areas because they get more regulars, and some neighborhoods might not be okay with bringing in street prostitution.

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

Certain nightlife, run-down neighborhoods, areas consist of gangways, alleys, heavy drug activities, not enough patrolling, etc.

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

The ways they can be similar would be a certain number of consistent clients, "Johns," blocks that bring in fewer cops, etc.

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

Family-oriented places, kid-friendly, other places where they don't want to bring in the wrong kind of attention.

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

Bar settings, motel-hotels, cab drivers, etc.

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

Its one of the oldest buisnesses to exist. The size and which areas depend on whether they are allowed, and whether other people are getting advantages from this kind of activity.

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

It is not safe for all the parties involved, especially for the prostitutes.

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

Yes, certain areas where this kind of activities exist heavily are very much crowded with street prostitution.

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

Drug activity can be connected to street prostitution, because a lot of prostitutes exchange sex for drugs and most money.

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

Other newer areas, but would consist of similar businesses that they moved from.

aarahma3: Sp cq pimps

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

I do believe some businesses profit from street prostitution, because they bring in more people, not necessarily good people. Still, these kinds of activities are bringing in more people, such as some bars let the prostitutes hang around there, and some motels don't ask any questions so that they get more people in.

tgarci47: Sp cq current response

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

The police department's current policy in dealing with street prostitution is basically just to brush them off. It is too expensive for the department to deal with the prostitution problem so they don't focus too much on it.

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

The prosecutors usually drop or reduce the sentences regarding prostitution-related offenses.

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

Usually, prostitutes will be arrested and booked but they will be back in the streets the very next day. Sometimes, prostitutes won't be arrested and they will just be told to leave.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

If the prostitute is arrested, they will usually complete the sentence because they know that all they have to do is sign a summons promising to appear in court and then they will get released.

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

The imposition of a sentence does not have any effect on subsequent involvement in prostitution because prostitutes will eventually be released after a short amount of time and they will go back to doing what they do. There have been times were the same girl has been arrested and booked 30 times.

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

Police officers will give prostitutes a warning and just tell them to leave the area. Some police officers do not want to arrest prostitutes because it makes them look bad to their local community. They also do not want the community to be aware that prostitution is a big problem in their communities.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

No, these responses are not effective because it does not solve anything. The prostitutes will leave if they get a warning and either go to a different area or come back the next day.

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

Prostitutes have assistance from services such as shelters for women, drug treatment facilities, and social workers.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

Yes, some prostitutes use the services available to them, however, some of them use the services just to get back on their feet and then return to the streets again.

tgarci47: 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 can take several different forms. Usually prostitutes will be women and in most cases they are, however, there can be male and female clients as well as prostitutes.

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

Many of the prostitutes are women who are looking to make money. Some of them have been arrested before and been in the social services system. In addition, a lot of prostitutes have drug addictions and are looking for a way to get drugs.

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

Yes, sometimes prostitutes will rip off clients or steal their belongings which can then make other prostitutes in an area look bad.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, street prostitutes can also be the victims of crime. Some areas, such as the drug market, are more dangerous for prostitutes and can lead to them being assaulted. There have also been times where business owners have seen prostitutes getting abused.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Many of them are highly committed to prostitution because it is their only source of income or their only way of getting drugs if they have an addiction.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

Most of them are committed to a particular location because they have regular clients that know them, however, sometimes they might go to a different location if there is too much police nearby or if it is not safe.

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