Note 377 — Chapter VI · REGULATION AND ORDER—BORDELLS AND SEGREGATION

It is often said that this opinion is held only by sentimentalists and religious persons. As a matter of fact, it is the conclusion of police officers all over the Continent, many of whom are still administering the system. Prominent among these is Baumgarten of Vienna, for whose views see Zeitschrift IX, pp. 183–4. The literature attacking the bordell in a strictly scientific spirit is enormous. See Bloch, Sexualleben. Index, “Bordelle.” For a view favorable to the bordell, see G. Roscher, Gross-Stadtpolizei (Hamburg, 1912) pp. 257–8. Dr. Roscher is the able and accomplished head of the Hamburg police.