vgarc361: 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 of street prostitution are diverse, often ranging in age from young adults to middle-aged individuals. They come from various racial and socio-economic backgrounds, with some being married or in relationships.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Clients commitment to prostitution varies widely. Some engage regularly, driven by sexual desire or convenience, while others may only solicit occasionally. Familiarity with specific areas and perceived risks influence their behavior.

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

Community members, law enforcement, and advocacy organizations are particularly concerned about street prostitution. Their specific concerns include public safety, the exploitation of vulnerable individuals, increased crime rates, and negative impacts on neighborhood quality.

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

There commitment to soliciting prostitutes on the street varies significantly. Some frequently return to specific areas due to familiarity and perceived safety, while others may engage sporadically.

asia_hoyos: Sp cq current response

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

They want to limit prostitution and make the mobility limited so it is more controlled.They try to deter people from prostitution but they do not stop prostitution completely.They seem to try to control things around prostitution but not the problem at its core.

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

They want to help but many times they will do paperwork and the prostitute and they just go too court and get out easy. They most time get moved or. Goin for treatment.

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

What they normally do is move them to another area or give them treatment for the drug use in the industry.this is because many times they don’t have the evidence needed for the case.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

most times they don’t not just because they do not have enough evidence for the crime committed. Many times they will just restrict drivers listens or access to certain buildings.

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

They Try to make a deterrence method, depending on what is going on in the persons life it can deter the person from offending again.It is up to the resources that are provided.

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

they will use warnings, citations, community services or different campaigns. In this scenario they use a campaign but it doesn’t seem very effective

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

when looking. At the charts it seems some of them do work as the people who reoffend is low. We don’t see the campaign working but making some businesses have restrictions are making it harder on prostitution.

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

We see many issues like std, aids and many other sexual diseases.They have treatment for drug abuse but it is hard to get anything for the people who only prostitute. But it is also said that they like clients who use protection but it isn’t cleaned up in the best way as many times.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

many times no because people are scared or don’t know very much about them.we also see that more males use medical things then the women.

asia_hoyos: Sp cq clients johns

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

It is mainly taking place on Scott ave mainly on the right side, Many times the sex was being taking place in cars and abandon buildings.Each client also value safety of the area.Many We’re also going in for work or to buy drugs.We also see that many were scared to get caught by family or people they know which may show they are. Higher on the social latter. The prostitutes also mention many of them are young which a couple older clients many who come back later for more.Many clients also pay up front in cash.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Many seem committed to prostitution. Many will leave and come back through out their time there. If there are any prostitutes and are in a bad area they will wait till they come up to the nicer area to then “check out the girls”.Many just want sex or to take girls out on dates.They also know that hotels and bars are around making it easy for them to go do things.

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

Many business owners are concerned about opening their businesses due to the clients and prostitutes comming in and out. They also get scared because of the drug issues that are around.Many of the owners that are known to be more busy during the day on the upper left don’t mind because its “not their business” because later in the day it moves down to the lower left or upper right of the area.Many of the hotel managers think of it as them gaining business and fixing the issue would make their management suffer.

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

We can see that they prostitutes like these areas because many like the opportunities they have in this area.So for the upper right on Scott ave they are able to find people who want to do it quick or able to get into a hotel or get quick drinks at the bar. Business like the revenue that it brings and the amount of people they can bring to the businesses.There are some places that don’t even acknowledge that there are even prostitutes in the area.I only really see 2 or 3 businesses really complain about the danger and drugs rather then the fact people are performing sexual acts.

ka990248: Sp cq environment

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

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

minimal police presence, other types of crime going on to draw clients, with some areas with privacy for conducting sexual acts

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

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

Those located on the lower blocks of Scott Ave are the most negatively affected by street prostitution. Customers don't feel safe enough and stop coming around

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

Local inns or motels that charge by the hour, bars/clubs

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

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

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

busy with. other activities

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

drug deals, assaults, robberies

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

wherever there was minimal police prescence

ka990248: Sp cq drugs

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

Many prostitutes use drugs, but don't typically sell them.

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

Yes, prostitutes can be found near drug houses or in neighborhoods where prostitution and drug deals go hand in hand

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes

ka990248: Sp cq current response

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

Making good cases against prostitutes takes many officers away from their normal patrol responsibilities. Often it requires the support of undercover officers to build a strong case. Even when these cases are made, the charges are often dropped or reduced by prosecutors. Most of the officers know about the area residents’ complaints about the problem, so they simply move the prostitutes along whenever they see them.

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

The charges are often dropped or reduced by prosecutors.

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

either probation, solicitation, or sent to rehab, or the charges are dropped entirely

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

Not usually

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

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

The police and other enforcement agencies can exert pressure on those businesses to discourage their support of street prostitution by enforcing civil laws and business regulations. Some jurisdictions have passed laws that allow judges to suspend or revoke the driving privileges of those convicted of patronizing prostitution. This approach is intended to deter both potential clients and those who regularly search for, and have sexual transactions with, prostitutes in cars. Many drivers continue to drive without valid licenses, however, so some enforcement will likely be necessary. Curfews can also be imposed on prostitutes.

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

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

Some communities offer a service-and-support network through either precharge or postcharge diversion programs, and some even offer these programs on the street, with no formal connection to the criminal justice system. Although these programs do not necessarily persuade many prostitutes to quit, they seem essential for those who are motivated to do so, and they can be effective in reducing some of the risks to street prostitutes, such as sexually transmitted disease and assault.

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

Rarely

ka990248: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Prostitutes are paid either in cash or drugs. They request to be paid upfront so that if they are interrupted or caught by police, they have the money already.

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

Almost always solicit prostitutes from within a vehicle as they don't want to be seen interacting.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

In a vehicle or a drug house, more high end could take place in motels or hotels

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

they usually make sure to use condoms.

ka990248: Sp cq police community members

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

The police department is more concerned with community reactions to prostitution rather than the act itself. They don't have the budgetary or manpower resources to properly tackle the issue. The cost to the police department to address the problem is too great.

2. How concerned is the community?

Concern has grown exponentially over the past 12 months. The community as a whole knows very little about the prostitution problem in the city. It’s only when they see the familiar signs that they become alarmed.

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

Social workers are concerned for the well-being of these women and their children. Members of the community are concerned for their own safety and upset with the deterioration that has occurred over the past few decades. Residents are concerned for the children of the community and often go out early in the morning to clean up used condoms or empty syringes left behind from the night before.

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

Not very organized, most just complain when they are exposed to it. None have made efforts to get involved. Churches have been the most helpful in providing prostitutes with aid and resources not otherwise available to them.

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

A level that is out of sight and not affecting their everyday lives

ka990248: 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)?

There are several different forms

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

Various ages, mostly black women. Many engaging in substance abuse and have been arrested for either prostitution or drugs. Many of these women live in a violent home, some suffer from mental illness, and a lot of them suffer from drug addiction.

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

If they can get away with it

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

They can be victims of assault in various forms. A john could get rough with them. They can also be the victim of robbery.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

They do it for the money or drugs, not for their own pleasure

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

They stick to locations that are familiar and more safe to them. Many would like to work at upper scott ave because prostitutes there make more money.

ka990248: Sp cq clients johns

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

Not much is known about the clients' demographics besides them being male, most family-men who have good jobs.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Only will do it if they feel it is safe, not very committed. Some will engage with prostitutes as a secondary act, with drug use being the main reason they are in the area at the time.

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

Concerned about their friends or family finding out. The guys with good jobs who are family men are the ones most concerned with getting caught. Another concern is catching some kind of disease.

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

They would rather pick them up not on the street, somewhere less suspicious, or stick to regulars.

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