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This 3 page paper discusses the problem of prostitution in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and the efforts of social workers to help the prostitutes. It also discusses the city’s efforts to get rid of them, and the fact that prostitution is legal in Canada. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of specific issues in Edmonton, then broadens out to consider prostitution in Canada as whole. It focuses mostly on social workers attempts to keep prostitutes safe. Discussion The City of
Edmonton is not tolerant of its prostitutes. In 1993, the Edmonton Police Service, along with various community groups and concerned individuals, it was engaged in an ongoing effort to "chase
the hookers and drug dealers out of the Central McDougall and Queen Mary boroughs of the city" (Demers, 1993, p. 14). The crackdown started when John Belanger, who is "vice-president
of the Queen Mary Community League," got tired of being propositioned and became fed up with the syringes and condoms that littered the streets (Demers, 1993). He and other community
leaders began working with police to drive the prostitutes from the neighborhood, using a "zero tolerance" policy (Demers, 1993). Prostitutes were picked up for everything from jaywalking to public drunkenness-even
the most minor offenses; anything to get them off the streets (Demers, 1993). The prostitutes began complaining that the police were picking on them along, and "ignoring the pushers
who were feeding off the skin trade" (Demers, 1993, p. 14). The police took the girls complaint to heart and "began following the hookers to the doorsteps of the local
drug pusher, who would get a visit from a SWAT team an hour or so later" (Demers, 1993, p. 14). It got to the point where the police were busting
approximately "one coke house a day" (Demers, 1993, p. 14). The effort paid off-the neighborhood cleaned up and businesses reported that sales "climbed dramatically" (Demers, 1993, p. 14). However, the
police said that they would have to keep the effort going; if they didnt the prostitutes would return and the problem would begin all over again (Demers, 1993). All of
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