Download or read book Prostitution and Illicit Sex in Baltimore: Commercialized Vice, Report of the Maryland Vice Commission, 1916 written by Bill LeFurgy and published by High Kicker Books. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state of Maryland established the Maryland Vice Commission in 1913 to "examine into the conditions of vice in this State and its relation and effect on the community at large.” The commission issued five draft reports by early 1916. Baltimore officials refused to accept any of the findings and the reports were not officially published. This book provides a typescript copy of the first commission report, entitled "Commercialized Vice in Baltimore." Included is an introduction to the commission and an overview of its finding in relation to the contemporary sex trade, including sexual procurement, prostitutes, and bordellos. A select bibliography relating to primary and secondary sources is provided.