Prostitution and Social Justice
Chicago, 1910-15
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10545496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Anderson (0000-0002-2601-4385, corresponding author), Eric R Anderson (0000-0001-5056-4347, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-228 |
| Publication date | 1974-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/643122 |
| OpenAlex | W2003977230 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Government policy toward prostitution was a major issue in the Progressive era. The report of the Chicago Vice Commission in 1911 and the closing of the city's red-light districts in 1912 were important in the national transformation from toleration of "commercialized vice" to its suppression. Efforts to rehabilitate prostitutes, curb venereal disease, and expand municipal recreation facilities were part of the campaign against prostitution, and the ideology of vice reform had strong ties to the concerns of progressivism. In Chicago, the fact that the antiprostitution crusade was backed by a coalition of business leaders and professional altruists suggests that vice reform was an area where the municipal reform impulse and the movement for social justice coincided
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 2026 (47) |
| Highly cited | No |