Question

This scenario is based on two hypotheses concerning prostitution along Reservoir Avenue: First, that it would be reduced by creating several women's homeless shelters, and second, that it would be reduced by lessening the amount of physical disorder in the neighborhood. How would you go about testing these two hypotheses? If you were able to show that either of these strategies reduced prostitution, would you have established a theory that could be used in other neighborhoods? Explain your answers.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

1. In order to test these hypotheses, it would be necessary to gather a group of street women who undergo prostitution and leave them for a time living in shelters that offer the necessary resources for their survival and in environments with good order and physical harmony. These women would be subjected to this for a period of time and then it would be observed how many of them returned or were willing to return to prostitution. From then on, if the majority did not return or had the desire to return to prostitution, it would be because the chances are true.

2. If these hypotheses were really effective, I would establish a theory that could be applied to different neighborhoods not only in the country, but around the world. So I could help thousands of women to get out of this type of activity, have a better life and be able to contribute to society in a beneficial way.