m3rwinn: Sp cq drugs

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

Prostitutes are easy to find around drug houses. Clients are attracted to either purchasing drugs in the same areas. Pimps are engaged as they manage where the prostitutes are located.

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

Yes, street prostitution and street drug markets are often in near proximity to each other.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Yes, street prostitutes exchange sexual acts directly for drugs with clients (John's)
Prostitutes are easy to find around drug houses.

Danielg8227: Sp cq police community members

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

Through history, the department's concern was intentionally low, treating and considering it a "contained & controllable problem." However, the level of concern has drastically shifted to high/reactive.

2. How concerned is the community?

The community and their concern is on a critical level. The 8.3/10 seriousness from the Citizen Survey indicates that the public no longer views this as a minor nuisance.

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

Business Owners (Theodore Howell): Concerned about economic viability. They are losing customers and cannot lease storefronts. Their specific concern is the "revolving door" of the justice system.

Long-term Residents (Randy Bright): Concerned about neighborhood decay. They see the transition from a shopping district to a "bars and liquor stores" zone as a threat to their quality of life.

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

The community appears highly organized, but is uncontrollably frustrated. This is where Theodore Howell comes into play by mentioning having "copies of letters from merchants to the mayor and police department. " Indicating their formal collective effort by the Lower Scott Shopping District Group.

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

The tolerance level is effectively zero for the current "street" model.

Merchants cannot tolerate any solicitation that interferes with customers.

Residents cannot tolerate the "decay" and the drug paraphernalia (394 items) that come with the trade.

However, Officer Fabel’s history lesson suggests that the city used to tolerate it when it was "outside the main area." This implies the community isn't necessarily demanding the total end of the sex trade, but they are demanding its removal from their commercial and residential corridors.

Ruth: 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, there are different forms if sexuality that they engage with.

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

Typically prostitutes come from broken families and are struggling to survive in the outside world. They also start from a young age.

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

It can be assumed that this does happen often.

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

Yes, they are also victims themselves.

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

They go great lengths to engage in prostitution.

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

It depends if their safety is jeopardized.

eabrianna: Sp cq pimps

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

Yes for John’s and pimps

Ruth: Sp cq environment

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

Yes, but they tend to stay in one place at a time.

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

It has to be well hidden, dark, and not too much police movement.

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

The areas are similar because the same type of people they want to attract are present in those areas. However, they are different because of the actual location.

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

Since prostitution is illegal, establishments that are not engaging in illegal activity take the most hit. This concerns local and family-owned businesses.

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

Businesses that engage in lucrative and oftentimes illegal activities benefit from street prostitution such as bars or casinos.

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 can be old in some places and new in others.

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

Yes, they do have a reputation for being dangerous and unsafe for clients.

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

Yes, they are typically isolated.

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

Crimes such as selling illegal substances or gambling occur near or around street prostitution.

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

Near business that are open until late at night.

eabrianna: Sp cq clients johns

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

Middle aged men who are married middle class

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Pretty committed

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

Business owners, elderly,women.. makes the community look bad and is bad for business, not safe.

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

Very

Joshua: Sp cq clients johns

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

The clients who are conducting prostitution are mainly men who are going to and coming from work. The clients also conduct prostitution for drugs as well. Most of these clients are also incarcerated for their crimes of buying prostitutes.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

Clients are very committed to prostitution, as there are still clients who try to get prostitutes and are also incarcerated for committing that crime.

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

The groups that are more concerned are the residents, as this specific resident, named Wanda Fops, is a resident around the area, and she doesn't go out as much because of the rising prostitution. The concerns that are expressed mainly are the amount of prostitution and hostility, as well as drugs, in the area.

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

The clients are pretty committed to soliciting prostitutes as they try to scout first or even go to more shady places for more drugs and sex acts.

Ruth: Sp cq pimps

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

Yes, it's an endless cycle.

Ruth: Sp cq drugs

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

Clients and pimps are engaged in the sale or use of drugs at a high rate.

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

Yes.

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

Oftentimes they do.

Ruth: Sp cq clients johns

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

The majority of the clients are male.

2. How committed are clients to prostitution?

More than half of the clients have interacted with prostitutes.

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

Elderly couples are mainly concerned with the presence of prostitutes because it does not reflect positively on the establishment.

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

There were definitely more than five prostitutes, possibly ten. Therefore, I would guess that their handler is very committed to soliciting prostitutes. Additionally, about half of them have been charged with prostitution and they continue to risk not being arrested.

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