The amount of fines varies by the cities. If the offender does not pay the fine, their seized vehicles can even be forfeited and sold at auctions as part of the penalty for their crime. In some jurisdictions, the vehicles can be forfeited and sold immediately without the option for the offenders to get it back. In some cities, sex buyers’ driver’s license can also be suspended if they have used their vehicle in the commission of crime, such as soliciting sex. This type of punishment falls under the deterrence where the system gives punishment as a threat to deter the offenders from reoffending.
Another tactic to reduce the demand is placing surveillance cameras to potential sex purchasers. Mostly, surveillance cameras are used for two important …show more content…
Reverse stings are also called as john stings or john operations. In the use of reverse stings, police officers decoy the sex buyers by women officers posing as women engaged in prostitution and wait until the sex buyers approach them and attempt to purchase sex from them (Demandforum.net). The three main types of revere stings include street-level, web-based, and brothel-based reverse stings. In street-level reverse sting, female police officers pose as prostitutes in street-level prostitution. The street-level reverse sting is most used among the three types. The street-level reverse stings team have about average of seven officers for each decoy. If police departments do not have enough female officers to work in the decoy team, they may borrow female officers from another neighbor department. The departments choose locations to decoy based on the complaints from residents or from the observations found by police officers. Some departments choose areas near venues where a large number of men gathers, such as business conventions, sporting events, or during hunting season (Shively, 2012). It is found that “a comprehensive approach including reverse stings reduced prostitution by 75% in controlled experiment in Jersey City, New Jersey” (Weisburd et al.,
Another tactic to reduce the demand is placing surveillance cameras to potential sex purchasers. Mostly, surveillance cameras are used for two important …show more content…
Reverse stings are also called as john stings or john operations. In the use of reverse stings, police officers decoy the sex buyers by women officers posing as women engaged in prostitution and wait until the sex buyers approach them and attempt to purchase sex from them (Demandforum.net). The three main types of revere stings include street-level, web-based, and brothel-based reverse stings. In street-level reverse sting, female police officers pose as prostitutes in street-level prostitution. The street-level reverse sting is most used among the three types. The street-level reverse stings team have about average of seven officers for each decoy. If police departments do not have enough female officers to work in the decoy team, they may borrow female officers from another neighbor department. The departments choose locations to decoy based on the complaints from residents or from the observations found by police officers. Some departments choose areas near venues where a large number of men gathers, such as business conventions, sporting events, or during hunting season (Shively, 2012). It is found that “a comprehensive approach including reverse stings reduced prostitution by 75% in controlled experiment in Jersey City, New Jersey” (Weisburd et al.,