• Sociology
• Published 2014
• DOI:10.1057/pol.2013.37

Teaching Equality? “John Schools,” Gender, and Institutional Reform

@article{Majic2014TeachingE,
  title={Teaching Equality? “John Schools,” Gender, and Institutional Reform},
  author={Samantha Ann Majic},
  journal={Polity},
  year={2014},
  volume={46},
  pages={5-30}
}

• Samantha Ann Majic

Employing feminist institutionalism as an analytic framework, this article considers the First Offender Prostitution Program in San Francisco. The program allows men arrested for their first prostitution offense to pay a fine and to attend a day of classes about the consequences of participation in prostitution, in lieu of prosecution. Other jurisdictions in the United States and internationally have replicated First Offender, and supporters (particularly feminists) praise it for promoting… CONTINUE READING

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