Concept information
Preferred term
houses of prostitution
Definition
- When one considers categories of street crimes with rich histories in America, few compare with prostitution. At present across the United States, houses of prostitution—or brothels—are only legal in some counties of Nevada. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Prostitution, Houses of]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/houses_of_prostitution
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