Reviews for Pursuing Johns: Criminal Law Reform, Defending Character, and New York City's Committee of Fourteen, 1920-1930

The average rating for Pursuing Johns: Criminal Law Reform, Defending Character, and New York City's Committee of Fourteen, 1920-1930 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-21 00:00:00 Andrew Morrison Sometimes a book just gives you a bad vibe, okay, and between the tone of "Oh, finally, someone is talking about THE MEN who cared about/paid for sex work in the 1920s!" on the back and "There has only been one other person talking about the morality police!" and references to "diseased prostitutes" I just... I have a bad feeling about this book, okay, and life is too short to struggle through academic non-fiction that is setting off your spidey-sense.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-18 00:00:00 Kristine Barger Parts of this book were really good -- describing how racism goes "underground" when social norms and laws make overt racism less acceptable. However, he doesn't follow through on examining subtle or disguised racism. Instead, he spends much of the book detailing examples of people crying wolf in high publicized cases (Tawana Brawley, for instance). The beginning and conclusion have wonderful gems. Unfortunately, the middle isn't worth it.