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Men who attend johns school are 30% less likely to pay for sex again. >> i absolutely believe when somebody comes in here, first of all the wake up call is i was arrested. i got caught. i have to deal with my family, my wife, and come here and then really hear the prostitutes experience is a huge wakeup call. i think people are very, very fortunate to get this chance. >> this concludes our day. >> san franciscos human trafficking unit says arresting and identifying johns will continue to be a cr...

Morning, 27 men will get a reality check and feel the pain of their decision to buy a woman for sex. >> take this and have a seat inside. thank you. >> the eight-hour first offender prostitution program or johns school kicks off with men hiding their faces from our cameras. >> we recognize more than a few of the men. >> you know, ill take care of you. >> excuse me. i havent waived any right to be on film. >> sure. >> no disrespect. >> everything thats doing to happen right now were going to expl...

Cash for sex offer with the decoy. >> hes removing the handcuffs, im going to explain something to you. >> zipkin is cited for solicitation and informed about johns school. >> i dont know if youre eligible for it or not. until we go back to the office and run computer checks and see if you have a criminal history and stuff, it will determine whether or not youre eligible. if you are eligible for it you will make a determination whether you want to go to court or possibly attend this class. >> zi...

With. >> its amazing inspector steve ravella, the men who troll the internet, massage parlors and track dont look at the enormous risk they take. >> a lot of johns get robbed. they work with pimps. on the street as well internet prostitution. >> ive had to do follow-up investigations for murder. that means individuals wound up killed one way or another. >> sfpd human trafficking unit reminds johns of the risk. >> armed robberies, kidnappings, blackmail, extortion, left naked on the street after ...

>> hell likely have to return from switzerland to attend johns school or have his day in court. hes taken a shine to mark and tries to convince us the decoy is at fault.

Johns school. >> these guys that are first offenders are given an opportunity, if they choose to do so, to go to a class on saturday for eight hours and get educated why they shouldnt do this. the health department teaches ramifications if you interact with girls you get those diseases. if you get those diseases, guess where youre bringing them. youre bringing them home with you. get educated by that. if you learn from their mistake, they wont be out here again. >> youre under arrest for solicit...

>> we are on dickerson road. this is a known area of prostitution. >> so this is the track of nashville, dickerson road. >> dickerson road, yes. >> kenny baker is program director for the johns school. >> over the years, have you seen more or less girls out here walking the track. >> you know, as times change and the technology moves forward, we are seeing less street-level prostitution and more the stuff on backpage. so they are really using the web a lot more. >> 13-year-old salinas pimp sold ...

[ bleep ] >> these guys would try to have sex with you? >> yeah. >> did they know you were 13? >> no. >> men buying girls barely into their teens online. >> would you say they were 14 or 15? >> i dont know. >> the sex trade has moved to the web and the girls are getting younger and younger? >> shes a child. its disgusting. >> this is how the girl next door gets sold. >> las vegas, nevada, 35 million americans come here every year. its a non-stop party on the strip. if you look past the...

They have been sentenced to these schools in certain counties within the state of tennessee, right? so do they feel like they are getting a second chance, whereas well learn in your documentary, young women under age or otherwise when theyre busted for being prostitutes, theyre looking at jail time detention centers, these guys are getting a second chance. >> reporter: they really are. if they go to the johns school and fulfill a couple other requirements they get their records completely cleane...

>> we are on dickerson road. this is a known area of prostitution. >> reporter: so this is the track of nashville. >> yes. >> reporter: kenny baker is program director for the johns school. >> theyre only thinking about themselves and not about anything else. only their immediate needs. >> reporter: and obviously not about these girl. >> no. no. its just an object. >> reporter: did you ever suspect that any of the girls that you found were under age and lied about their age? yes? did you find th...