Street Crime Strategies
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Behavior
- Vol. 24 (4) , 555-570
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916592244006
Abstract
Streetwalkers have unique transactions with the urban environment. They must be aware of the shifting environmental stimuli and react accordingly in order to remain in business and avoid arrests. The transactions and schemata of streetwalkers are explored in light of various sociocultural factors by use of police arrest records, field observations, survey results from arrested prostitutes, a multiple regression, and a multidimensional scaling technique. Women of different races are found to be using similar street crime strategies, however their schemata differ. Black and White street-walkers appear to work at different times, and sometimes places, during the day. The interrelationships between behavior, space, and time are apparent and reveal the dynamic, multifaceted nature of criminal transactions.Keywords
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