July 2012
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Journal of British Studies
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... In response the Home Secretary, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, appointed a departmental committee in August 1954 to investigate whether the criminalisation of homosexual behaviour and public solicitation of prostitution interfered with citizens' right to personal freedom. The Committee, headed by John Wolfenden, Vice-Chancellor of Reading University, equally explored both issues, however it was questions surrounding the just treatment of homosexuality that ended up at the forefront of public discussion (Mort 1999;Waters 2012). When the Wolfenden Committee's report was published in 1957, it sold 5000 copies within hours and ignited public conversation over the decriminalisation of homosexual acts. ...
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July 2012
Journal of British Studies