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From Street Walking to the Convent: Child Prostitution Cases Judged by the Juvenile Court of Brussels during World War One
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François, Aurore - From Street Walking to the Convent: Child Prostitution Cases Judged by the Juvenile Court of Brussels during World War One



Keywords:

Brussels | female minors | First World War | Juvenile Court | Paul Wets | prostitution

ISFWWS-Keywords:

Belgium | Children and War | Home fronts | Germany | Pre-war period | Society | Violence against civilians

Abstract:

Paul Wets, the Juvenile Court Judge for Brussels, re-opened one of the most delicate questions that the Belgian justice administration had dealt with during the First World War: chil…

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François, Aurore, “From Street Walking to the Convent: Child Prostitution Cases Judged by the Juvenile Court of Brussels during World War One”, in: Brill’s Digital Library of World War I. Consulted online on 22 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-3786_dlws1_nij9789004166592_i_449_50>
First published online: 2015



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