Prostitution in Europe

Scope of investigation.—General uniformity of phenomena.—Prostitution an urban problem.—Medieval and modern prostitution differ.—Prostitution defined.—Need of broad conception.—...

Prostitution involves two parties.—Extent of demand in Europe.—Theory of its necessity.—Is physiological impulse irresistible?—Analysis into various factors.—Demand emanating fr...

Relation of demand and supply.—Demand increased by forcing supply.—Supply derived mainly from lower working-classes.—Occupations of parents.—Occupations of women themselves.—Is...

Despite the evidence to the contrary produced at the close of the preceding chapter, the notion is prevalent that the conscience of Europe has been and is, to put it euphemistic...

Regulation defined.—General description of the system.—Regulation in Berlin.—Compulsory and voluntary inscription.—The Sittenpolizei (Morals Police).—Variations from the Berlin...

The bordell defined.—Proprietor and inmate.—Licensing of bordells increasingly rare.—Subterfuge adopted in Germany.—Rules governing the conduct of bordells.—Number of bordells i...

Regulation nowadays concerned chiefly with sanitation.—Variety of methods employed.—Berlin system.—Equipment and procedure.—Equipment in Paris, Vienna, Brussels, etc.—Quality of...

Reasons for partial survival of regulation.—Policy rapidly losing ground.—Ignorance of its details.—Political and social conservatism.—Vested interests.—Regulation and police co...

Meaning of term “Abolition.”—Immediate effect of abolition.—General distinction between regulation and abolition.—Abolition not _laissez-faire_.—Provisions of English law as to...

Abolition not necessarily _laissez-faire_.—Norwegian handling of disease problem.—Danish plan.—Italian plan.—Voluntary and compulsory provisions compared.—Denunciation of allege...

If the preceding pages may be assumed to have exhibited the present condition of prostitution in Europe, the reader need not be long detained for the purpose of summarizing the...

Statement of Prefect of Police. On the other hand the following provision is found in the police regulations touching clandestine prostitution: “Police commissaries may freely e...

This would appear the more charitable explanation of the fact that 429 inmates of Paris bordells showed one case of syphilis in 1902; 312 showed none in 1903. Turot, _loc. cit._...

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