Table 2 Routine precautions to avoid victimisation taken by the SW

1. Target harden:

 a. Simulate social control

 b. Learn self-defence

c. Carry pepper spray

6. Extend guardianship:

a. Work in a salon or hotel

b. When in the street: avoid touting and avoid working alone

c. Work during the day

d. Inform a colleague when performing a service

11. Conceal targets:

a. Keep personal belongings out of sight

b. Use several different places to keep money and personal belongings

16. Reduce frustrations and stress:

a. Polite interaction with the customer

b. Soothing music

c. Massage the customer

d. When tension rises: reimburse the customer

e. Fair sex work

21. Set rules:

a. Define the characteristics of the sexual service beforehand

2. Control access to facilities:

a. CCTV at the entrance of the salons

7. Assist natural surveillance: not applicable

12. Remove targets:

a. Use a cheap mobile phone for work

17. Avoid disputes:

a. Payment in advance

b. Do not react to insults

c. When tension rises: keep talking gently to the customer

d. When rejecting a client: invoke another appointment

e. Work with colleagues

22. Post instructions: not applicable

3. Screen exits:

a. CCTV at the exit of the salons

8. Reduce anonymity:

a. First contact with the client by email

b. CCTV

13. Identify property: not applicable

18. Reduce emotional arousal: not applicable

23. Alert conscience: not applicable

4. Deflect offenders:

a. Reject suspicious clients

b. When tension rises:

b1. Threaten to call the police

b2. Use tough verbal and body language

9. Utilise place managers:

a. Managers and colleagues of the salon as guardians

b. Panic button in the rooms of the salon

14. Disrupt markets: not applicable

19. Neutralise peer pressure:

a. Avoid going with more than one customer at the same time

24. Assist compliance:

a. Provide protection material

b. Marketing strategies for making safe sex more appealing

5. Control tools/weapons:

a. Propose a shower to the client before the sexual service

b. Check the premises/car of the client

10. Strengthen formal surveillance: not applicable

15. Deny benefits: not applicable

20. Discourage imitation: not applicable

25. Control drugs and alcohol:

a. Avoid own consumption before and while working

b. Reject clients under the influence