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Hustlers in a Shifting Marketplace: The Effects of Displacement on Male Prostitution

NCJ Number
155077
Journal
American Journal of Police Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Dated: (1994) Pages: 95-118
Author(s)
R P McNamara
Date Published
1994
Length
24 pages
Annotation
Ethnographic methods of direct observation and unstructured interviews conducted during January-December 1992 in New York City formed the basis of an analysis of male prostitution, with emphasis on the relationship between individual hustlers, the environment, and the trade, and the impact that redevelopment is having on Times Square.
Abstract
Interviews were conducted with 35 hustlers. The analysis revealed that the hustling market as well as the hustling community are responsive to the civic, developmental, and law enforcement efforts to eliminate hustling. Law enforcement strategies consist of locale crackdowns, which aim to remove hustling from a certain location, and arrest crackdowns, which target the clients and hustlers. These strategies differ in their consequences, but their effectiveness requires repetition. Without it, the market and the participants will simply return to the same place once the sweep has been concluded. However, what appears to be occurring is a type of consistent crackdown that is causing the market and the hustlers to shift gradually toward 8th Avenue. Thus, most of the hustling is being displaced. In addition, economic constraints have reduced the original law enforcement plan, allowing the market simply to move a short distance from its original locale. Note and 55 references

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