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L'usage des statistiques par les discours abolitionniste et réglementariste sur la prostitution à Bruxelles (1844--1948) (2007)

François, Aurore (Author)
Machiels, Christine (Author)

Histoire & Mesure
Volume: 22, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 103-134
Publication date: 2007
Language: French

Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: “Déviance, justice et statistiques”

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Mathematics Science and politics Crime Prostitution Statistics Applied statistics 19th century Belgium

During the 19th and 20th centuries, heated debates about prostitution control opposed the regulationists, who advocated for a police and medical control of prostitution, to the abolitionists, fighting for the disappearance of regulated prostitution. In Belgium, this controversy about prostitution occurred at a time when scientific and political circles were increasingly interested in statistics, leading to a war of figures. This paper deals with the construction and evolution of official prostitution statistics in relation with the preoccupations of the political elite, abolitionists and regulationists presenting these data to their advantage, going from ideological discourses to even political manipulations.

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