Posted on 01/11/2008 9:22:24 PM PST by iowamark
Researchers have concluded in a yet-to-be published study of the economics of prostitution in Chicago that the women claim they were forced to service police officers, worked more on holidays and varied pricing based on race.
University of Chicago professor and "Freakonomics" author Steven D. Levitt and sociology professor Sudhir Venkatesh of Columbia University are the authors of the two-year study of street-level prostitution in Chicago's Roseland, Washington Park and Pullman neighborhoods. ...
Prostitutes taking part in the study — who were paid $150 a week — reported that about 3 percent of the sex acts they performed were "freebies" given to Chicago police officers to avoid arrest.
Police spokeswoman Monique Bond did not respond to requests for comment on the study's finding.
The study found full-time prostitutes made on average less than $20,000 a year....
The study also found white and Hispanic men were charged more, while blacks and repeat customers paid less....
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
This is a disingenuous headline. The whores did # PERCENT of their whoring with cops. Not NEARLY enough for such a headline.
Considering John Lott tore up Levitt in his book Freedomnomics, I place doubt on anything Levitt says.
Got to love the Union benefits.
This is very disturbing if true....the police should be better than this.
It gives new meaning to the term “undercover cop”.
You must remember that this is Richie Daley’s Chicago.
It’s been going forever , everywhere .
Correction . It’s been going on forever , everywhere .
It’s FREE all right: FREE AIDS, FREE clap, FREE herpes, FREE Gonorrea...
I guess the streetwalkers in Chicago keep meticulous business records. Does the IRS consider that 3 percent completely deductible?
How come Obama didn't do anything to stop this, while he himself was in Chicago politics? Woops. He was part of the Machine. My bad. I forgot.
Another Leftist hit piece spewed by the WHORES at FOX.
This could be said of all city’s and all police forces. They are forced to hire from the general public just like every other business. Sadly 2 or 3 cops can taint a whole force.
The study found full-time prostitutes made on average less than $20,000 a year.
Are we supposed to be surprised at this? Or feel sorry for them?
My give a cr@p meter must be broken. It's giving no readings.
tap, tap, tap,...
Nope, that's right. It's working....
What!?! Racism!!!! Then again may they all receive AIDS as change for engaging in this behavior.
Either you don’t live in Chicago or you don’t watch the news reports about the horrendous acts of our city’s finest. They scare the s*@t out of me because they operate above the law, as does our mayor, city council and all of our other “elected” officials. This is no “hit” piece; this is true journalism of the like you won’t find in the NYT or the Tribune. Where the hell are you coming from?
Haha, you posted it first. What discrimination!
Seriously, my guess is those guys are willing to pay more, and these, uh, “ladies” will take as much money as they can get.
3% sounds low to me.
Or “night sticks”.
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