LAPD Program Fights Prostitution By Educating Johns

Today’s LA Times has an interesting article about a new approach to combat the problem of prostitution in Los Angeles. Launched by the city attorney’s office, this pilot program is a one-day crash course for johns caught soliciting prostitutes. Class curriculum covers sexually transmitted diseases, the dangers for johns of being set up by prostitutes to be beaten and robbed, and the abuse and violence the women who sell sex so often endure. The men take the class to avoid prosecution and jail time, but the results have been promising.