CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Crime Prevention, Street People, Social Epidemiology
19 Apr 2016
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Feel an urge, available target, act on urge. Most prostitutes begin in their late teens: risk factors: sexual activity, runaway, abuse, family, drug/alcohol addiction, little education and/or job skills. Violence in prostitution: outdoor versus indoor prostitution, dependents increase victimization (children/addiction, current legal changes. In canada, clients commit the majority of prostitute violence, including 62-64% of homicide. Male, middle aged (30), married & in fulltime employment. Problem: the average client has the same characteristics. International victims: organized crime groups escort services & prostitution rings. Domestic victims: between 14 and 25 years olf, majority from peel region. Domestic victims: many originally consent to entering the sex trade. Recruitment: vulnerable populations, victims approached in a variety of ways. Control: debt bondage, isolation, confiscation, violence, shame, threat of deportation. Criminology and social policy future directions, and emerging trends. Stages: identification of problem, agenda setting/prioritizing problems, policy formation, program implementation, program evaluation & reassessment.
