Anderson, SC
Categories:
Tactics Used |
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Reverse stings | ✓ |
Shaming | ✓ |
Auto seizure | ✓ |
Community service | ✓ |
Public education | ✓ |
Neighborhood action | ✓ |
SOAP orders | ✓ |
John school | ✓ |
Letters | ✓ |
Cameras | ✓ |
Web stings | ✓ |
License suspension | ✓ |
Anderson is a city of roughly 26,000 residents located in western South Carolina, about 20 miles southwest of Greenville. The city has a substantial prostitution problem, judging by the level of complaints police receive from residents and businesses and by the presence of neighborhood groups focused on addressing prostitution and of nonprofit organizations devoted to working with survivors of commercial sex in Anderson. Reverse stings have occurred there since at least 2005, and probably before. In a 2009 operation, one man was arrested for soliciting, while another team using a decoy “john” arrested a woman who was HIV positive and selling sex.
Key Partners
- Anderson County Sheriff’s Office
- Anderson Police Department
- Criminal Apprehension Through Community Help (CATCH) Team
Key Sources
- Reverse Stings:
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Interstate Prostitution Investigation”, Rock Hill Herald, January 2 1979.
- “Prostitution Continues to Blight Parts of Anderson County”, Anderson Independent-Mail, August 23 2008.
- “The Price of Prostitution: Women Share Stories of Lives on the Streets”, Anderson Independent-Mail, August 24 2008.
- “Fighting Prostitution Takes Community Effort, Expert Says”, Anderson Independent-Mail, August 25 2008.
- “Prostitution Arrest Numbers Up”, Anderson Independent-Mail, October 12 2008.
- “On the Streets: Trying to Leave ‘the Life’ is Hard”, Anderson Independent-Mail, October 19 2008.
State | South Carolina |
Type | City |
Population | 26404 |
Location |
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