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PERENNIAL PROBLEM OF PROSTITUTION

NCJ Number
13884
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Dated: (APRIL 1974) Pages: 8-12
Author(s)
W C SKOUSEN
Date Published
1974
Length
5 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PROSTITUTION, ITS SPREAD, AND RATIONALE AND EXPERIENCE OF SUPPRESSIVE LEGISLATION.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR REVIEWS SEXUAL PRACTICES AND PROSTITUTION IN ANCIENT SOCIETIES AS WELL AS IN PREWAR EUROPE AND IN AMERICA. HE DISCUSSES THE POST-WAR SUPPRESSION POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARGUES THAT AS A RESULT OF THESE POLICIES, SEX CRIMES, AND VENERAL DISEASE HAVE ACTUALLY DECREASED.

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