leslie78denise: Sp cq pimps
some do and others work for themselves
leslie78denise: Sp cq environment
1. Does street prostitution take place in more than one area?
mostly in the lower end of Scott Street but sometimes in the upper end
2. What conditions make the area(s) attractive for street prostitution?
not a lot of lighting, lots of clubs/bars
3. If street prostitution occurs in several areas, how are they similar and different?
close to clubs/bars
4. What area businesses are harmed by the presence of street prostitution?
hotels, clubs, bars, restaurants, and any new businesses wanting to move in
5. What area businesses support and/or benefit from street prostitution?
clubs/bars, cheap motels
6. Is the street prostitution market in each area old or new? Has it changed in size recently? If so, why?
old but now the prostitutes use bars to find their johns
7. Do street prostitution areas have a reputation as being dangerous or safe for clients?
yes
8. Are street prostitution areas isolated, or busy with other activities?
it can be both
9. What other types of crime occur in the area? How much is related to street prostitution?
robbery, assaults
10. If street prostitution were forced out of a target area, where would you predict it might reappear?
near other bars/clubs
leslie78denise: Sp cq drugs
1. To what extent are street prostitutes, clients and pimps engaged in the sale or use of drugs?
it is all connected
2. Are street prostitution and street drug markets near each other?
yes
3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?
yes
leslie78denise: Sp cq current response
1. What is the police department's current policy in dealing with street prostitution?
increase arrests
2. What is the prosecutor's current policy regarding prostitution-related offenses?
prosecute
3. What are the typical sentences handed out to those who are convicted?
jail time
4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?
yes
5. What effect, if any, does the imposition of a sentence have on subsequent involvement in prostitution?
it does not make a different
6. What responses do police officers use, other than arrest and prosecution?
trying to get the girls connected with services or drug rehab
7. Are any of these responses especially effective?
getting them connected with services & drug rehab
8. What social, health and substance abuse treatment services are available to assist prostitutes?
rehab centers, transition shelters
9. Are prostitutes using available services?
not most of them
leslie78denise: Sp cq clients johns
1. What is known about the clients (e.g., age, race, occupation, socio-economic status, marital status, criminal history, residence)?
varying ages of johns with different socio-economic backgrounds
2. How committed are clients to prostitution?
they cruise the strip looking for girls they recognize
3. What groups are particularly concerned and why? What specific concerns are expressed?
they really aren't too concerned
4. How committed are they to soliciting prostitutes on the street or in a particular area?
they visit the same area looking for the same girls
mrseymour: Sp cq environment
1. Does street prostitution take place in more than one area?
it takes place all over the 200-800 blocks of scotts avenue
2. What conditions make the area(s) attractive for street prostitution?
there is a lot of night life activity in the area and it is easy for the girls to see cars slowing down to come to the side of the road
3. If street prostitution occurs in several areas, how are they similar and different?
the upper levels seem to have sligtly rich clients a few of the girls talk about going there to try and take advantage of them and get better pay
4. What area businesses are harmed by the presence of street prostitution?
peoples housing and renting for both commercal and residental areas. people dont want to move into these areas if this is a problem
5. What area businesses support and/or benefit from street prostitution?
the owner of the secrete inn has been making some profit of the girls and their sevces when they have to rent a room for a client.
6. Is the street prostitution market in each area old or new? Has it changed in size recently? If so, why?
it is in both. it spead to the new area because there was more money to be made but when the cops started being more active there they went back to the poorer areas to just get any money
7. Do street prostitution areas have a reputation as being dangerous or safe for clients?
the lower areas are known for their drug problems and other issues so clients are more hasitant but still go for the girls
8. Are street prostitution areas isolated, or busy with other activities?
they are alone popular streets to make it easy for the clients to look at what the girls look like
9. What other types of crime occur in the area? How much is related to street prostitution?
the largest problem in the area is the drug problem. this has a direct affect on the girls because some of them are addicts and they do this to get cash/drugs for their addiction
10. If street prostitution were forced out of a target area, where would you predict it might reappear?
they would go back to the areas that they know. they would look for areas where there are potential clients
mrseymour: Sp cq police community members
1. How concerned is the police department about street prostitution?
The department is concerned with the problem, but is lacking the resources to properly deal with it. Often needing undercover officers to go in to build strong cases, but that takes time and money. Some uniform officers send the girls away and try to move on
2. How concerned is the community?
The community is concerned that the police and the mayor's new plan are not working and are ineffective. They say that they are not getting to the root cause of the issues, they are just dealing with the surface of it.
3. What groups are particularly concerned and why? What specific concerns are expressed?
business owners and the community and even the local relevant
4. How organized and active are community members who oppose street prostitution?
they are gathering in public assembalys to talk to the police and get the attenion of those who have the power to change the problem
5. What level of street prostitution are they willing to tolerate?
Some can deal with it as long as the drugs are not in the area, while some others want both problems completely gone
mrseymour: Sp cq drugs
1. To what extent are street prostitutes, clients and pimps engaged in the sale or use of drugs?
While not confirmed there was an uptick in the area with females getting arrested on drug charges last year there were 60 female arrests for drug charges this year there were 84. there is also a report that talks about how there drug trade and prostitution are linked
2. Are street prostitution and street drug markets near each other?
They are in the same areas on the same streets.
3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?
Some will exchange their services in return for drugs, while some do it to give money back to the dope man.
mrseymour: Sp cq sexual transactions
1. How, specifically, do street prostitutes and clients negotiate and complete sexual transactions?
most of the girls take money in return for their services. there are some that will also take drugs in exchange of cash.
2. Do clients solicit prostitutes on foot or from a vehicle?
prostitutes can be gotten from both. they can be picked up off the street and driven away in a car or they can be apprached on foot and then moved to an other location for the transactional to take place.;
3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?
They can take place in a car or in a hotel
4. Do prostitutes and clients take precautions to prevent sexually-transmitted disease?
a lot of the johns and the girls are worried about cathing stds they talk about making sure that they are clean.
mrseymour: 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)?
most of the prositiution is male clients and female workers.
2. What is known about the prostitutes (e.g., age, gender, race, criminal history, social service history, substance abuse history, residence)?
there is not a lot known about the girls themselves
3. Do street prostitutes commit crimes against clients (e.g., robbery or theft)?
Studies show that addicts who are also prostitutes are more likely to assault and steal from their clients after it's all done.
4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?
Betty talks about moving to the drug markets and she mentions that itll have lower pay and a higher risk of being assulted.
5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?
some are committed to doing it becuyse it helps them pay for the drugs they want some do it as a trade to get the drugs they want.
6. How committed are they to a particular location?
Most are not commited to a set location. they move where the clietns and the money are. some have started to move towroesd the upper scott area where there are younger and richer clients. some talk about the cops being up there and moving away becuse of the heat.