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 ...
Good point. Since this is illegal, they wouldn’t report it and therefore wouldn’t be taxed on it. Therefore, they can recieve welfare.
What, are you getting ideas?
If indeed a small percentage of Chicago’s Finest do trade a walk
for some favors...
the sticker on their cars should be
“To Protect And Be Serviced”
C.O.B.
Technically, you’re both wrong. 3% of tricks are freebies, not 3% of cops are accepting them. The percentage of cops accepting freebies could be much more or much, much less.
Then again, this IS Chicago...
I have yet to meet that perfect hooker who would be worth my job, my health, and my marriage.
And more and more bad cops not worth risking anything for.....
Ewww. Most Chi-Town cops make enough to get call girls instead of ‘hood Rats. YEECH!
Why do I know this? I had a friend of mine at U of C do her thesis on street walkers in Chicago. This was a decade ago, and I can't find her thesis anywhere online.
There's a surprise. I guess dunkin' donuts isn't what it used to be.
I’d be willing to bet a paycheck that no cop is paying for it.
Hey they get coffee for free, why not a bj?
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