Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation

8-2008

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Department

History

Committee Chair

Mackey, Thomas C., 1956-

Author's Keywords

Social sciences

Subject

Crime--Kentucky--Newport--History--20th century; Corruption--Kentucky--Newport--History--20th century; Criminal justice, Administration of--Kentucky--Newport--History--20th century; Newport (Ky.)--History--20th century; Newport (Ky.)--Politics and government--20th century

Abstract

This thesis is an examination and analysis of the role of law enforcement in the transformation of a city's downtown from one dominated by sleazy strip bars and prostitutes to one of family entertainment. The focus is on the police and prosecutors; however, a substantial portion of the thesis discusses the role of Newport, Kentucky's, City Commission. The thesis chronicles Newport's vice history from early Prohibition through the early 1990s and the impact of city government upon anti-vice efforts becomes evident, but law enforcement that paved the way. The approach is chronological. Newport's transformation was an evolutionary process. Elected officials influenced the city's vice problems, but state legislative changes and United States Supreme Court cases also had a part in the course of anti-vice efforts. Changes in the law and court cases often gave city officials and law enforcement direction in the regulation and prosecution of illegal vices.

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