Policing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Jill Harsin

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Princeton University Press
29 April 2019

Ethical issues: prostitution & sex industry; Crime & criminology

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

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Prostitution was a serious problem for nineteenth-century Europe: a threat to public health and public order and, at the same time, a prop to morality, allowing society to protect the purity of most women by sacrificing that of only a few. Jill Harsin examines the methods by which the police of Paris resolved the contradictions of this situation--a

By: Jill Harsin
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 5451
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691655482
ISBN 10: 0691655480
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 29 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active