Prostitution Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914 -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I From sinners to Cinderellas: the reform of prostitutes -- 1 Reform institutions -- 2 Daily life inside reform institutions -- Part II Prevention is better than cure: Ladies' Associations for the Care of Friendless Girls -- 3 Moral education and protective legislation -- 4 'Wayward and troublesome girls' -- Part III The making of the mentally deficient: prostitution and the 'feeble-minded' -- 5 The background -- 6 Care rather than cure -- Part IV Purifying the nation -- 7 Suppressing prostitution -- 8 Men and morality -- Conclusion: from fin de siècle to the millennium -- Appendix: major laws concerning prostitution -- Bibliography -- Index.