ABSTRACT
Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914 is 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 purists.
Prostitution looks 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 penitentiaries.
This indispensable book reveals:
* reformers' attitudes towards prostitutes and prostitution * daily life inside reform institutions
* attempts at moral education
* developments in moral health theories
* influence of eugenics
* attempts at suppressing prostitution.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |21 pages
Introduction
part |47 pages
From sinners to Cinderellas
chapter |21 pages
Reform institutions
chapter |24 pages
Daily life inside reform institutions
part |45 pages
Prevention is better than cure
chapter |21 pages
Moral education and protective legislation
chapter |22 pages
‘Wayward and troublesome girls'
part |36 pages
The making of the mentally deficient
chapter |18 pages
The background
chapter |16 pages
Care rather than cure
part |49 pages
Purifying the nation