商品簡介
Traces the history of prostitution during the period, when all prostitutes were required to register with the police, live in licensed brothels, undergo health examinations, and be treated in a special hospital if they were infected with venereal disease. Records of the era are used to examine how laws affected prostitutes' lives. Gibson teaches history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at City University of New York. First published in 1986 by Rutgers, The State University. This second edition contains a new introduction, a new Part I, and a new bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Mary Gibson is a professor of history and the executive officer of the Ph.D. Program in Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate School, City University of New York.
