Administrative and police control of prostitution in the cities of Belarus: the second half of the XIX – early XX century
Abstract
The article describes the history of prostitution in the cities of Belarus in the second half of XIX – early XX century. The legislative and regulatory legal acts of the Russian empire, as well as the local administrative documents regulating prostitution are studied. The methods and means concerning prostitution in the cities of Belarus are analyzed. The legal status of women prostitutes is studied: «yellow ticket», forms of control over prostitution such as night raids and medical examinations of women, as well as the conditions of subordination of prostitutes to medical and police supervision and etc. The statistical data – age, national structure, social origin, the number of prostitutes and brothels housewives and others are presented. It shows the place and role of prostitution in the urban space, the relationship of citizens and prostitution, the impact of prostitution on the daily life of the citizens.
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