jose.d1: Sp cq drugs

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

Usually none

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

Yes

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

It can happen but they will be punished by the pimp as he needs his money

jose.d1: Sp cq environment

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

Yes in scott

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

Its more secluded

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

When prostitution occurs money and drug follows which means more crimes

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

Bystandards are affected by the crime that prostitution brings

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

Hotel and convinience stores and clubs benefit

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

Its old but things got worse

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

Dangerous

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

It depends because they get picked up and anyone can see it but they try to isolate themselves

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

Mugging and drugs

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

Maybe

kimberly: Sp cq environment

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

yes

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

low police visibility and accessibility to customers

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

Different areas may have similar activity, but they can vary in size, safety, and how often prostitution occurs.

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

Businesses like restaurants, stores, and hotels may be harmed because customers may avoid the area.

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

Some motels or late-night businesses may benefit because clients visit those places.

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

Some prostitution markets are old while others are newer, and they may grow or shrink due to police activity or neighborhood changes.

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

Some areas are seen as risky or dangerous for clients.

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

Some prostitution areas are quiet and isolated, while others are busy with normal traffic and businesses.

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

Other crimes like drug sales, theft, and violence can occur, and some may be connected to prostitution.

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

If prostitution is pushed out of one area, it may move to nearby streets or neighborhoods.

kaylaj3103: 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)?

Several

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

some of them have substance abuse problems but none really have any criminal history, they all have service history.

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

yes

4. Are street prostitutes the victims of crime?

they can be

5. How committed are prostitutes to prostitution?

some are committed and others say its not worth but it was a last resort

6. How committed are they to a particular location?

very committed unless police get involved then they have to keep to a minimal

kaylaj3103: Sp cq sexual transactions

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

Discretely, rapid, mainly verbal transactions

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

both

3. Where do the sexual transactions take place?

cars, parking lots, restrooms, motels

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

Yes

kaylaj3103: Sp cq police community members

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

Major concern

2. How concerned is the community?

high concern

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

local businesses

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

they have partnered up with police to monitor hotspots, using surveillance, watch patrols

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

does specify but assuming none

kaylaj3103: Sp cq pimps

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

Most prostitutes works for pimps

kaylaj3103: Sp cq environment

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

Yes

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

safe conditions

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

they are similar because they are run down, small, drug trafficking. They are different due to local tolerance levels, and market size.

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

Low end motels, restaurants, retail stores, churches

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

hotels, liquor stores, bars

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

they are older and the size changes fast

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

dangerous

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

Both

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

drug markets, robbery, assaults, stolen property.

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

areas with low surveillance, easy escape routes from police

kaylaj3103: Sp cq drugs

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

Pimps manage the drugs to the prostitutes, the clients buy or sell to them, while the prostitutes exchange sex for drugs

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

yes

3. Do street prostitutes exchange sex directly for drugs?

yes

kaylaj3103: Sp cq current response

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

They are trying a different approach such as high-turnover arrests that target the root cause., reduce demand and address specific locations.

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

Victim centered, and trauma informed approach

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

probation, community based sanctions, for the offenders that continue to do it have more serious crimes such as prison sentences.

4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?

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

Creating new opportunities for sellers or clients to meet

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

they use civil actions, increasing surveillance, implementing targeted people

7. Are any of these responses especially effective?

yes highly effective

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

counseling, narcotics anonymous

9. Are prostitutes using available services?

yes

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