THE CONDOM QUANDARY

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Table 7: Consistent use of condoms in commercial sexual activity in the past month with or without police interrogation There were similar results for possession of condoms: 47.7% (106/222) of respondents who had been interrogated by the police (in the past year) always carried condoms in the past month, a rate clearly lower than for those who carried condoms but had not been interrogated by the police (75.9%, 224/295). Again, this discrepancy was most evident among female sex workers. Only 35.2% (56/159) of female sex workers who had been interrogated always carried condoms, while 59% (85/144) of female sex workers who had not have such experience always carried condoms. 40
Table 8: Possession of condoms in the past month with and without police interrogation 5.2 Law enforcement actions relating to condoms as evidence To understand how searches were carried out, we interviewed 74 sex workers who had experienced police searches for condoms. Interview respondents said the police’s main methods for handling prostitution cases were attempts to catch sex workers “in the act,” or “stop and search” operations on the street, in residences and in entertainment venues. 5.2.1 Actions targeting sexual transactions Catching sex workers at the scene is the main method that police used to handle sex work cases. Forty seven of the 74 interview respondents reported that they had experienced one or more police raids while in the process of engaging in or attempting to engage in a commercial sexual transaction, or while soliciting clients or being solicited by an undercover investigating officer (entrapment). Most of the locations were indoors, such as in hotel 41
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