Cleaning up the Dirty Squad: Using the Obscene Publications Act as a Weapon of Social Control
Formed as a result of the introduction of the Obscene Publications Act 1959, the Obscene Publications Squad – known colloquially as the “Dirty Squad” – controlled a web of corruption and managed the proliferation of pornography in the Central London district of Soho. Although its reputation for corr...
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| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2019-01-01
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| Series: | State Crime |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/statecrime.8.1.0019 |