Policing prostitution, 1856-1886 : deviance, surveillance and morality

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Policing prostitution, 1856-1886 : deviance, surveillance and morality

Catherine Lee

(Perspectives in economic and social history, 24)

Routledge, 2016

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Originally published: London : Pickering & Chatto , 2013

"First issued in paperback 2015" -- T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Focusing on the ports, dockyards and garrison towns of Kent, this study examines the social and economic factors that could cause a woman to turn to prostitution, and how such women were policed.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction, Catherine Lee
  • Chapter 1 Prostitution, Poverty and the Makeshift Economy, Catherine Lee
  • Chapter 2 Prostitution, Lifestyle and Life Cycle, Catherine Lee
  • Chapter 3 Representations of Prostitution, Catherine Lee
  • Chapter 4 Geographies of Prostitution, Catherine Lee
  • Chapter 5 Policing Prostitution, Catherine Lee
  • Chapter 6 The Contagious Diseases Acts in Kent, Catherine Lee
  • Chapter 102 Afterword, Catherine Lee

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