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Relocating prostitutes and targeting businesses, arresting them is proven to be ineffective.
2. What is the prosecutor's current policy regarding prostitution-related offenses?
Throwing out charges or getting less severe punishments.
3. What are the typical sentences handed out to those who are convicted?
Lesser sentences
4. Do the prostitutes and clients complete those sentences?
Almost never, cases get thrown out
5. What effect, if any, does the imposition of a sentence have on subsequent involvement in prostitution?
Above
6. What responses do police officers use, other than arrest and prosecution?
Relocate prostitutes and warn them, also threatening clients with publicity
7. Are any of these responses especially effective?
Threatening clients with publicity is most effective.
8. What social, health and substance abuse treatment services are available to assist prostitutes?
Drug Abuse Programs like the Church
9. Are prostitutes using available services?
They don't even know they exist