Dshargrove: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Typically, the client will be in a vehicle and pull up to the prostitute propose a cost/drug and the sexual transaction is typically oral sex.

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

Both from foot and vehicle.

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?    

In a dark "safe" area in the vehicle or hotels.

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

Yes, some make their clients where protection and some do not.

Dshargrove: Sp cq clients johns

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

These clients are either students or regular people.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

All of them are call committed based on opportunity. It seems like these clients look for prostitutes when they want and find them when they want. Also, it was interesting that some of the clients look for specific people that they may know, think doesn't have a disease, etc,.

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

Richard Meyers concern was getting caught or catching a disease the others didn't express any concerns.

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

Some of the clients say it depends on the type of night and others go at specific times of the night and if that time isn't right they'll go to another location or home.

aasherfey1: Sp cq pimps

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

Depends on the situation, some work for pimps and some work on their own preferences

aasherfey1: 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 does not take only form. Forms such as Transgender women, Survival-based prostitution, male prostitutes with male clients, or bar-based solicitation.

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

According to the data, many of the prostitutes begin in their teens to early 20s. Women happened to be the largest group, but other groups also happen to participate. Criminal history has a tendency to be long history.

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

It varies because you can't and shouldn't stereotype a whole group of communities. However, the ones that do happen to be committed are theft, fraud, or even assault.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime? 

Yes, at high rates.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

Lack of alternatives means that these prostitutes often times don't have any other choice but to commit to prostitution.

6. How committed are they to a particular location? 

Often times very committed because of familiar clients, areas, or places where they happen to be tolerated. Feeling safe is one of the first things they take into account.

icharrison: Sp cq clients johns

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

Some have families. some are more well known people that you'd be surprised to see doing this and even an officer from another jurisdiction. Some are violent with the women.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

They are worried about being descrete and not drawing attention to themselves. So some only are committed if the opportunity isn't risky.

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

The store owners and residents. Most residents are more concerned with the drug problem and that the police aren't doing enough.

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

They try to find the regulars that they know, or ones that look put together.

aasherfey1: Sp cq police community members

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

Judging on the comments made from law enforcement officials, it seems that they have grown tired of having to consistently rearrest individuals. Additionally, high concern is shown within the inside of the police department as a result of the ineffectiveness that is occurring within the criminal justice system.

2. How concerned is the community?

Based on responses, one of the officers quotes that "other neighborhoods won't tolerate this kind of behavior". This showcases that this community has been having issues for a while, are fed up, but also don't the best way to move forward when solving this issue.

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

Business owners, law enforcement officers, and residents living around this area are all concerned with this type of behavior.

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

based on results, implications are made that community members have a strong opposition. Examples such as their willingness to mobilize quicker, calls to police, complaints to city officials, and other forms.

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

Based on the information provided, the neighborhood and law enforcement officers won't tolerate any type of street prostitution.

S.csontos: Sp cq pimps

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

IDK about pimps, but some businesses around the lower end of Scott Avenue benefit from the prositution. Especially the Secrete Inn, and Lucky's bar, and the Liquor store

S.csontos: 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)?

IDK, i didn't buy the right reports to get this information

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

Teenage to middle age prostitutes, many have been convicted before and are let out the same day, and most are addicted to drugs

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

Yes, since the prostitutes are addicted to drugs they will steal from clients to try and support their addiction.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime? 

Yes clients abuse and attack prostitutes, especially if they find the prostitutes stole from them.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

IDK, i didn't buy the right reports to get this information

6. How committed are they to a particular location? 

Prostitutes like to do business around the lower side of Scott Avenue, but will go to the riskier open air drug markets in the south if they need to.

S.csontos: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Prostitutes usually negotiate on the street before getting picked up by clients

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

Usually from a vehicle or in nearby bars

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?    

In client's vehicles, and in the hotels and inns

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

IDK, i didn't buy the right reports to get this information

S.csontos: Sp cq police community members

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

Not very Concerned, Police chief said police are too busy to try and handle prostitution

2. How concerned is the community?

The Community is very concerned about it they rated it 8 of their concern

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

IDK, i didn't buy the right reports to get this information

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

I know of the Clinic and women's shelter leaders are opposed to it but aren't very organized about it

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

IDK, i didn't buy the right reports to get this information
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