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In this thought-provoking and highly entertaining book, retired police officer Loren Christensen paints a vivid picture of the asphalt world of flesh and fantasy where hookers, tricks, and cops commingle, and sometimes collide.
During Loren's 29-year police career, he worked many assignments that brought him into contact with street prostitutes. The anecdotes in this book tell of decoy missions, confrontations, arrests and times he used them as informants. Loren also interviewed many veteran police officers, male and female, as well as prostitutes. Their stories are in this book, some subtle; some in-your-face, some laugh-out-loud funny - but all actually happened.
The stories — told by cops and prostitutes themselves— reveal the dark humor, poignancy, sadness, sordidness, and violence that accompany the world's oldest profession. Some will make you laugh out loud, others will make you wince, a few may offend you, but all will educate you about the reality of street prostitution.
Far from being a victimless crime, prostitution (and the other crimes associated with it) affects everyone in one way or another.
A police officer was killed working a decoy mission while Loren was writing this book. That tragic story is told here, too.
Note: While the book is in no way sexually titillating, some of the dialog is crude in keeping with the reality of the situations
Loren Christensen began his law enforcement career in 1967 when he served in the army as a military policeman in the United States and in Vietnam. He joined the Portland, Oregon, Police Bureau in 1972 and retired in 1997. During those years, he specialized in street gangs, defensive tactics, dignitary protection and patrolling the bizarre streets of skid row. He now writes full time and teaches martial arts.
Reviews
Shirley Johnson of MidWest Reviews says:
"This one will make you sit up and take notice."
Karen McCullough of Scribes World Reviews says:
"...fascinating and thought-provoking."
ISBN: 978-1-58160-717-8
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