Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Commercialized Prostitution in New York City Publications of the Bureau of Social Hygiene Commercialized Prostitution in New York City BY GEORGE J. KNEELAND With a supplementary chapter by KATHARINE BEMENT DAVIS Superintendent of the New York State Reformatory for Women INTRODUCTION BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. Chairman of the Bureau of Social Hygiene NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1913 Copyright, 1913, by THE CENTURY CO. _Published, May, 1913_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION vii I. VICE RESORTS IN NEW YORK CITY: (a) PARLOR HOUSES 3 II. VICE RESORTS: (b) TENEMENT HOUSES, HOTELS, FURNISHED ROOMS, MASSAGE PARLORS 24 III. PLACES WHICH CATER TO VICE 52 IV. THE EXPLOITERS 77 V. PROSTITUTE AND CUSTOMER 100 VI. THE BUSINESS OF PROSTITUTION; ITS COST 112 VII. PROSTITUTION, THE POLICE, AND THE LAW 137 VIII. A STUDY OF PROSTITUTES COMMITTED FROM NEW YORK CITY TO THE STATE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN AT BEDFORD HILLS 163 STATISTICAL TABLES ACCOMPANYING CHAPTER VIII 197 IX. PREVENTATIVE, REFORMATIVE AND CORRECTIONAL AGENCIES IN NEW YORK CITY 253 APPENDICES 275 INDEX 333 INTRODUCTION In presenting to the public this volume, the first of four studies dealing with various aspects of the problem of prostitution, it seems fitting to make a statement with reference to the origin, work and plans of the Bureau of Social Hygiene.