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[edit] Contagious Diseases Acts
You might wish to mention that the Contagious Diseases Acts also created a force of centrally appointed policemen that were not in uniform, and were entrusted with the task of keeping an accurate and up-to-date list of all working prostitutes. To accomplish this task, they were allowed to arrest any woman they had "good cause to believe" was a common prostitute. There was no actual definition of what constituted a prostitute, and the policemen were not required to justify their reasons for arresting particular women. This violation of constitutional rights was one of the main reasons why Josphine Butler fought so hard against the C.D. Acts. I got this information from E. Moberly Bell's biography on Josephine Butler. There is a rather detailed chapter on the C.D. Acts, (see pages 70-75) and Josephine's reasons for going against them. 24.159.217.110 05:46, 2 February 2007 (UTC) (Ph34rtehk4t, sorry, I wasn't signed in.)
- "Constutional rights" in Britain? I'm missing something here... GRBerry 14:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
