Analysis of prostitution in Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6193044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Minoru Yokoyama (0000-0002-3027-7591, Kokugakuin University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-60 |
| Publication date | 1995-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-4036 • E-ISSN: 2157-6475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01924036.1995.9678536 |
| OpenAlex | W2007122067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
Before World War II, we witnessed the purification movement, on which Christian groups embarked as moral entrepreneurs. After the war, female groups took the initiative in a movement for anti‐prostitution law. The movement resulted in the enactment of the Prostitution Prevention Law in 1956, which made prostitution a punishable criminal offense. On the other hand, in the United States in the 1960s, some criminologists advocated the necessity of de‐criminalization of victimless crimes, one of which was prostitution. Some groups of feminists also insisted on the de‐criminalization of prostitution to emancipate women toward a freer and more liberated sexuality. New ideas regarding the control, or lack thereof, of prostitution were then introduced into Japan — a country where decriminalization was not realized in the dimension of criminal laws. With its rapid economic growth, Japan became a consumer's society, in which the demand for prostitution increased. In response to this trend, more prostitutes committed financially compensated sexual acts in disguised brothels or in other various call‐girl systems. However, the total number of offenses of the Prostitution Prevention Law exposed by the police has decreased drastically during the past thirty years. In essence, we now see the de‐criminalization of prostitution in the practices of law enforcement agencies
Criminology · Political science · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2010 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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