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003 OCoLC
005 20200617073424.9
008 790119t19641963nyu b 000 0 eng d
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050 4 $aHQ76$b.G7 1964
082 $a306.766
049 $aMAIN
110 1 $aGreat Britain.$bCommittee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution.
245 14 $aThe Wolfenden report :$breport of the Committee on homosexual offenses and prostitution /$cintroduction by Karl Menninger.
250 $aAuthorized American ed.
264 1 $aNew York :$bLancer Books,$c1964, ©1963.
300 $a286 pages :$btables ;$c18 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"Lancer Books 74-829" on cover and spine
504 $aBibliographical references included in "Notes": pages 283-286.
505 0 $aProcedural and general -- Our approach to the problem -- Homosexuality -- The extent of the problem -- The present law and practice -- The treatment of offenders -- Preventive measures and research -- General considerations -- Street offenses -- Living on the earnings of prostitution -- Premises used for the purposes of prostitution -- Procuration.
520 $a"Disregarding the conventional ideas of the day, the committee recommended that "homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private should no longer be a criminal offence". All but James Adair were in favour of this and, contrary to some medical and psychiatric witnesses' evidence at that time, found that "homosexuality cannot legitimately be regarded as a disease, because in many cases it is the only symptom and is compatible with full mental health in other respects." The report added, "The law's function is to preserve public order and decency, to protect the citizen from what is offensive or injurious, and to provide sufficient safeguards against exploitation and corruption of others... It is not, in our view, the function of the law to intervene in the private life of citizens, or to seek to enforce any particular pattern of behaviour." The recommended age of consent was 21 (the age of majority in the UK then). The report also discussed the rise in street prostitution at the time, which it associated with "community instability" and "weakening of the family". As a result, there was a police crackdown on street prostitution following the report." -- Wikipedia, 12/10/15.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aHomosexuality$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aProstitution$zGreat Britain.
650 7 $aHomosexuality.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00959755
650 7 $aProstitution.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01079562
651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
994 $a92$bCST
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