Prostitution - Paperback / softback

Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914is the first comprehensive overview of attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social puristsProstitutionlooks in depth at the various reform institutions which were set up to house prostitutes, analysing the motives of the reformers as well as daily life within these penitentiariesThis indispensable book reveals* reformers' attitudes towards prostitutes and prostitution * daily life inside reform institution* attempts at moral educatio* developments in moral health theorie* influence of eugenic* attempts at suppressing prostitution.