NCJ Number
41846
Date Published
1973
Length
283 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES IN HER INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING OF PROSTITUTION IN NEW YORK CITY GIVES A SERIES OF STORIES, ACCOUNTS, EVENTS, AND RELATED COMMENTARY DEPICTING THE PROSTITUTION SUBCULTURE.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR FOLLOWS THE CLASS LADDER OF THE VOCATION OF PROSTITUTION, FROM STREET HOOKER TO INDEPENDENT CALL GIRL TO THE COURTESAN WHO PLAYS NOT ONLY FOR WEALTH BUT FOR SOCIAL POSITION. REVEALED ARE THOSE WHO MAKE PROFITS FROM THE PROSTITUTE'S WORK SUCH AS PIMPS AND PORNOGRAPHERS, LAWYERS, POLITICIANS, LANDLORDS AND ORGANIZED CRIMINALS. IN AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM AND PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO PROSTITUTION LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH