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Wolfenden's Women = Prostitution in Post-war Britain /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Wolfenden's Women/ by Samantha Caslin, Julia Laite.
Reminder of title:	Prostitution in Post-war Britain /
Author:	Caslin, Samantha.
other author:	Laite, Julia.
Description:	XII, 305 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Great Britain—History. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44022-8
ISBN:	9781137440228

Wolfenden's Women = Prostitution in Post-war Britain /
Caslin, Samantha.

Wolfenden's WomenProstitution in Post-war Britain /[electronic resource] :by Samantha Caslin, Julia Laite. - 1st ed. 2020. - XII, 305 p.online resource. - Genders and Sexualities in History,2730-9479. - Genders and Sexualities in History,.

1. Introduction: Prostitution and the Law before the Wolfenden Committee: A brief history -- 2. Prostitution and Public Space -- 3. Beyond London 4. Policing -- 5. Law, Jurisprudence and Punishment -- 6. Brothels, Off Street Premises, Privatization -- 7. Third Parties and Exploitation -- 8. Causes, Intervention, and Pathologization -- 9. Demand -- 10. Wolfenden’s Missing Women -- 11. The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution -- 12. Conclusion: The Legacies of Wolfenden.

This critical sourcebook compiles excerpts from the extensive interviews undertaken by the Wolfenden Committee on the subject of prostitution. The Committee is remembered, first and foremost, for recommending the decriminalization of sex between men. However, the other half of its remit—prostitution—has largely been forgotten, despite the fact that prostitution, not homosexuality, was the original impetus behind the Committee’s appointment. If we consider the Committee and its Report from this perspective, its status as both a liberal and permissive endeavour must be called into question. This book captures the controversy, diversity and complexity of opinions surrounding prostitution in this period, and provides critical analysis and context. It restores the question of prostitution to its central place in the history of Britain’s so-called progressive era and challenges the way that the Report and its legacy have been characterized. Crucially, this book highlights the substantial evidence gathered by the Committee on prostitution outside of London, which the Wolfenden Report itself largely disregarded. The excerpts, the reprinted report, and the critical introductions to each chapter are intended to spark important debates amongst students, researchers and the public about the history of sexuality, society and the state in twentieth-century Britain. .

ISBN: 9781137440228

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-44022-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1254150
Great Britain—History.

LC Class. No.: DA1-995

Dewey Class. No.: 941

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