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Pursuing Johns : Criminal Law Reform, Defending Character, and New York City's Committee of Fourteen, 1920-1930 /

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"Mackey's contribution to the literature is unique. Instead of looking at how vice commissions targeted female prostitutes or the commerce supporting and surrounding them, Mackey concentrates on how men were scrutinized."--Jacket

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Autore principale: Mackey, Thomas C., 1956-
Ente Autore: Committee of Fourteen (New York, N.Y.)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2005.
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Soggetti:
Prostitution.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Criminal justice, Administration of > New York (State) > New York > History.
Prostitution > New York (State) > New York > History.
Committee of Fourteen (New York, N.Y.)
Committee of Fourteen (New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sommario:
  • "To live correctly": themes and the significance of character
  • "Only the Barbarian waits": New York City's committee of fourteen
  • Drifted: feminist reformers and prostitution's changes in the twenties
  • "The time has come": vagrancy law, police procedure, and proceeding against the customers
  • People v. Edward N. Breitung: not the "simply immoral"
  • "To make it an offense for a man to buy what the prostitute has to sell": public policy debates
  • "The fruitful mother of blackmail": hope and opposition to the customer amendment
  • "Out principles demand": hearings and disappointments
  • "Mr. Veiller again prevailed": disappointment and death
  • Reflection on a reform.

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