
Sharmin Bock is an assistant District Attorney at Alameda County Superior Court House who is trying to turn around how law enforcement goes after prostitution by prosecuting pimps instead of the girls. Bock is constantly on her Blackberry. She is working closely with undercover detectives to prosecute pimps and tricks rather than the girls, many of whom are victims of sexual sexploitation and abuse. She poses for a portrait at work in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
(Alison Yin/The Oakland Tribune)