Prostitution Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914

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. Attempts at prevention are revealed through close study of the Ladies Associations for the Care of Friendless Girls which tried to educate society morally and campaigned for protective legislation for prostitutes. This indispensable book reveals: * attitudes towards prostitutes and prostitution by reformers * daily life inside reform institutions * attempts at moral education * developments in moral health theories * influence of eugenics * attempts at suppressing prostitution. Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914 is an essential new addition to the study of prostitution in history, providing the reader with an up-to-date account of the social and political efforts to rid it from society.Bartley, Paula is the author of 'Prostitution Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914' with ISBN 9780415214575 and ISBN 0415214572.