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Police arrest more men involved in prostitution than prostitutes by Vickie Vértiz State data recently released shows that Orange Country police are arresting less women and more men who are involved in sex work, said the Register. One reason for the change is that some agencies now consider sex workers as “victims of abuse rather than criminals,” said the paper, and are connecting some women with counseling and not jail. County agencies, in 2013, recorded the “fewest female arrests since 2001 and the most male arrests since 2006,” said the paper. However, arrests for women still “eclipsed male arrests,” but the gap was the smallest it has been in ten years. “You will see a trend for more male arrests, because [officers are] going after those who put the girls on the streets,” Anaheim police spokesman Lieutenant Bob Dunn told the Register. “[…] our focus […] countywide is getting […] to those individuals instead of trying to arrest our way out of this problem.” Police have tried every
ing to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 50,000 more workers were added to employers’ payrolls during October and November than economists originally calculated. December’s 5.6% unemployment rate was down from Please see page 2
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male police forces which would have to find female officers to arrest pimps, said the paper. From 2003 and 2012, Orange County saw that 76 percent of the prostitution arrests involved women. That data decreased Please see page 4
U.S. Ended 2014 With Lowest Unemployment Rate Since 2008; Cypress follows trend by Courtney alexander The U.S. finished the year strong, with December bringing a six year low for unemployment of 5.6% according to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. December was just the icing on the cake; this year being the best hiring year for the United States since 1999 Last month brought over
252,000 new jobs, making December the eleventh straight month of over 200,000 hires, the longest streak since 1994. October’s and November’s numbers were revised and higher than previously reported, up to +261,000 from +243,000 and up +353,000 plus +321,000 nonfarm jobs respectively, accord-
Significant Drops in Suspensions and Expulsions for Second Year in a Row State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced a dramatic 20 percent drop in the number of students expelled in 2013-14 and a 15.2 decline in the number of students suspended. This marks the second year in a row of declines in both areas. The new figures come at a time when the California Department of Education (CDE) is working with districts around the state to implement innovative programs that reduce suspensions and expulsions, including some known as “restorative justice.” “These numbers show that the work of the department, districts, teachers, parents, and students around the state is paying off by keeping more students in school and learning,” said Torlakson. “You can have the best facilities, the best teachers, and the best curriculum in the world, but none of that matters if students are not in school. That’s why we have put so much effort into increasing school attendance and reducing expulsions and suspensions and will continue to do so.” Statewide, 49,987 fewer students were suspended in 201314 compared to the year before, down 15.2 percent. The suspension rate is 4.4 percent, down 0.7 of a percentage point from the year before. Similarly, 1,655
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strategy to deter prostitution including cracking down on each component of the sex work economy which includes the sellers, buyers, and organizers, or as the paper called them, pimps. Sex workers are the easiest to find given predominantly
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