Location rather than appearance determined who police arrested as prostitutes in San Francisco

Evidence

In San Francisco at least, mass arrests of prostitutes appear to proceed on the basis of location rather than appearance. A local resident reports being called for jury duty on the case of a young “very straight-looking” college girl who was picked up in the “Tenderloin” during a daytime “cleanup.” — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1144

Categorization

• XREF: Directly exemplifies Lofland’s core thesis that place, not personal attributes, is the primary coding cue in public space — parallels the identity-bestowing power of space noted nearby.