Dari: Sp cq drugs

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

The relationship between prostitutes, clients, and pimps are heavily engaged with one another, most prostitutes are addicted to drugs. The worse the addiction the more desperate they are to make money, which results in more work to be able to obtain their fix.

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

Many prostitutes have stated that the drug market is located in Lower Scott Ave, a place where a majority of prostitutes operate at.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes, prostitute Princess has stated that prostitutes will often times accept drugs as payment, and will even communicate with jobs on how to obtain drugs.

AngelH04: Sp cq police community members

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

Police departments are often concerned about street prostitution, primarily as a public order issue

2. How concerned is the community?

The level of concern among community members is often high, especially in neighborhoods where street prostitution is visible and persistent

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

Homeowners & Residents because property values may drop due to association with crime. Families may feel unsafe letting children outside and visible prostitution may be viewed as a threat to neighborhood image

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

Community members who oppose street prostitution can be highly organized and politically active, particularly in gentrifying or middle-class neighborhoods.

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

Most communities are willing to tolerate little to no visible street prostitution, especially when it disrupts public order, occurs near homes or schools, or involves violence and drugs

JenniferSaba: Sp cq drugs

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

They are extremely engaged. Drugs are the main reason for the girls staying in prostitution. The pimps and clients use drugs to control the prostitutes.

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

One client had stated that the prostitute always know where to get the drugs because they're addicted. They are very integrated.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes.

JenniferSaba: Sp cq current response

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

Arrest them.

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

N/A

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

n /a

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Probably

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

None really.

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

Not a clue

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

Probably not.

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

Not many

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

They are few and far between, but if they know they exist, some are.

AngelH04: 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 takes more than one form. there is female with male, there is male with male, transgender sex workers, LGBTQ workers.

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

Most are young adults, typically 18 to 30 years old. A significant number begin before age 18, often through coercion, trafficking, or survival sex. gender can be any such as male, female, transgenders. Race can vary, but it is mostly black and latinas. Many have extensive arrest records, including Prostitution-related offenses Drug possession or use, and petty theft or shoplifting. Drug use is highly prevalent, especially with crack cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine.

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

Yes, street-based sex workers can and sometimes do commit crimes against clients, such as theft, robbery, or fraud

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Street-based sex workers face extremely high levels of victimization, including physical and sexual violence from clients, pimps, strangers, and even law enforcement, theft and robbery, coercion and extortion, verbal abuse and harassment

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Most prostitutes are not deeply committed to prostitution as a lifestyle or long-term career

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

street-level prostitutes often show limited commitment to a particular location

JenniferSaba: Sp cq clients johns

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

College age to older men, some married business men. Some men come to the city to buy drugs and may share with a prostitute for a hand job, sometimes more. Not a lot of them have a criminal record, some do for picking up prostitutes. They usually live in other neighborhoods and would be embarrassed to be seen picking up girls. There are male residents of the neighborhood that are just fine with the prostitutes being there and employ their services.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Very committed. They prefer girls they recognize. There's always a possibility that new girls could be undercover officers. Some clients specifically look for girls who look like they are desperate for drugs.

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

The clients are concerned mainly with the possibility of catching a disease if engaging in sex with the prostitute. The clients worry about getting arrested or seen by people they know.

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

If the prostitutes stay in their neighborhood, men that are married or are looking for discretion can be out of their normal places where they might run into someone they know.

Carrington_C890: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

It seems they tend to negotiate and complete these transactions rather quickly; However, it depends on the lady. Some prostitutes will agree with Oral sex because it is faster, and the Johns like it as well. Prostitutes tend to meet the john on a street corner or simply by walking on a block in skimpy clothing to get the john's attention. The negotiations are quick and often lead the women to jump into the John car and go somewhere discreet for about an hour or so.

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

It’s most common for them to be in their vehicle in case deals go south and police are nearby. They also tend to stay in their vehicle because it is faster to take the prostitutes to other areas without any hassle; clients drive by places that are safe and out of harm's way. But some clients go to bars or street corners and talk to the prostitutes.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Most Johns don’t want to exit their car, so they take the prostitutes somewhere dark or secluded to not be seen by onlookers and cops. Vee Lox described how some johns will go into bathrooms or vacant buildings.

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

Yes and No. For clients, they lean more towards their regulars due to they know the girl is safe from disease. Prostitutes will carry condoms, but if they are on drugs they might toss that idea out the window

bruiz16br: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

According to the map, and interviews with multiple "johns", it is mostly common for the services to be negotiated either near or inside a car. They will drive up and down the street looking for someone they wish to do business with, then the commission of the act is also usually done inside the vehicle.

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

The majority of the solicitations that occured in the lower blocks of Scott Ave occurred alongside the main street, suggesting that solicitation mostly happened from a vehicle. Solicitation from the upper blocks, however, features prostitutes being caught soliciting outside of sports bars and other places of business, indicating the differences in operation depending on the clientele available.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

Using the crime map of sexual offenses, I observed that most of the offenses took place around the the 600-300 blocks of Scott Ave. Demonstration of these sexual acts usually occurred near the street, in empty parking lots, or behind places of business.

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

One "John" I interviewed named Richard Meyer admitted that he only looked for regulars he was familiar with to avoid getting coming in contact with any sexually transmitted diseases.

bruiz16br: Sp cq police community members

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

Police departments seem to show a good amount of concern regarding prostitution; however, many express discontent with the court's efforts in actually convicting the prostitutes as well as their lack of resources. Many police officers are unwilling to go through the hassle of arresting prostitutes if the court won't put any effort in convicting them. This leads to officers deciding to displace the prostitutes under the threat of arrest, leading to a zero net change in the amount of prostitution in the greater Scott Ave. area.

2. How concerned is the community?

The community is more concerned with the prostitution occurring in Upper Scott Ave. When a girl is spotted walking the street that appears to be a prostitute, the police will receive complaints. However, most of the complaints from businesses comes from Upper Scott Ave. where businesses are less likely to engage or condone the street prostitutes.

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

Businesses in the Upper area of Scott Ave. seem to be the most concerned, worried that having prostitutes in front of their place of business will drive down customers. However, according to Officer Jordan, businesses seem to allow indoor prostitutes to operate inside their businesses without a problem. He just receives complaints about those operating in the streets. This shows that there's a difference between high-end, indoor, and street prostitutes, demonstrating how they are different they are in terms of recognition and complaints.

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

Some businesses or community members will actively report prostitute activity while other will condone it in their place of business. It's hard to tell if the businesses on Scott Ave are united in the battle against their prostitution problems, or they stand to benefit from it. Given all the information, as well as the businesses' split opinions regarding prostitution, I will say they are heavily disorganized.

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

The officers in Upper Scott Ave tolerate zero amounts of prostitution. They usually provide those caught participating in prostitution a chance to leave the area. Most officers, even those patrolling the 200 to 300 blocks of Scott Ave, will allow prostitutes a second chance to vacate the area before there are subject to an arrest. This doesn't help reduce prostitution just displaces it.

MandoLpz: Sp cq environment

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

Yes street prostitution takes place in more than one area. According to a central city map, this crime takes place around business that advocate lezuire activities and one industrial job. The lezuire activities being liquor store, hotel, lazy lounge. All near Scott Avenue from 300-200.

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

Some conditions that are attractive for street prostitution are marginal economic conditions, vulnerable areas, hotels, liquor stores, and bars. According to Officer Ryan “You just need three things to attract prostitutes: men, alcohol, drugs

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

A difference is that a small portion of prostitutes or pimps can be responsible for most of the complaints. They are similar because they target vulnerable areas that make them attractable.

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

One area business that is harmed by the presence of street prostitution is the dry-cleaners near 687 Scott Ave

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

Some business that support and/or benefit from street prostitution are bars, liquor stores, and motels.

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

The street prostitution market in each area is old. It has increased its size recently because the first signs of Scott Avenue demising were businesses moving and stores losing money. Then the businesses that flourishes were bars and liquor stores.

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

Clients tend to avoid prostitutors that are involved with a pimp or avoid places that have a reputation as being dangerous. A safe area for clients are the main drag or the team sports bar.

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

Street prostitution are areas busy with other activities. As seen in the central city map.

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

Some types of crime that occur in the area are robbery or assaults. Pete Flash recalls the stories of other college students being robbed or assaulted and not reporting their victimization.

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

I would predict that they might reappear to another vulnerable area or move up north because some prostitutes know that there are considerable targets.

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