Prostitution, women, and misuse of the law : the fallen daughters of Eve / Helen J. Self.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Self, Helen J., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution--Great Britain.

Prostitution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an examination, from a feminist historian's standpoint, of the background to the present system of regulating prostitution in Britain - which is generally admitted to be not only unjust and discriminatory, but ineffective even in achieving its stated aims. Concentrating on the 1950s, and especially on the Wolfenden Report and the 1959 Street Offences Act, it is a thorough exposure of the sexual double standard and general misogynist assumptions underlying legislation relating to prostitution. In addition to the detailed analysis of the 1950s legislation and the background to it, there

Contents:

Cover; PROSTITUTION, WOMEN AND MISUSE OF THE LAW; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The Regulation of Prostitution: Society and Law; Chapter 1. Technologies of Power; Chapter 2. The Legislative Background; Part II The Wolfenden Committee: Regulating Prostitution in the 1950s; Chapter 3. The Origins of the Report; Chapter 4. Preliminary Organisation; Chapter 5. Listening to the Experts; Chapter 6. Formulating an Offence; Chapter 7. The Report; Chapter 8. The Double Standard; Part III The Law and Society

Chapter 9. The Legislative LegacyChapter 10. Moral Matters; Part IV Change and Continuity: The Consequences of Legal Reform; Chapter 11. Legal Reform; Chapter 12. Assessing the Effects of the Street Offences Act 1959; Chapter 13. 'Any Person': Attempting to Reform the Street Offences Act 1959; Chapter 14. Resolving New Problems with More Legislation; Chapter 15. Conclusion; Appendix 1. List of Statutes; Appendix 2. List of Regulations, Statutory Instruments and Home Office Circulars; Appendix 3. List of Bills; Appendix 4. List of Cases; Appendix 5. Wolfenden Committee Final Recommendations

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-312) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-75986-3

0-203-60957-3

1-280-05501-4

0-203-50700-2

9780203507001

OCLC:

437062534