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A narrative history about Anthony Comstock, US Postal Inspector and vice hunter, and the remarkable women who opposed him. Anthony Comstock, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, was one of the most important men in the lives of nineteenth-century women. The Comstock law, passed in 1873, penalized the mailing of contraception and obscenity with long sentences and steep fines. Between 1873 and Comstock's death in 1915, eight women were charged with...
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Universal
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[2005]
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English
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Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld. Ride shotgun with suave Vice cops Sonny and Rico as they battle a neverending gallery of criminals, drug dealers, and lowlifes. Includes all 22 episodes of the first season and bonus material.
4) Miami vice
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Universal Pictures
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2006.
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English
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Ricardo Tubbs lives with Bronx-born Intel analyst Trudy. The two work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett is undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group. He becomes romantically involved with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge. Identity and fabrication...
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Harvard University Press
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2014.
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English
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America's first anti-sex trafficking law, the 1910 Mann Act, made it illegal to transport women over state lines for prostitution "or any other immoral purpose." It was meant to protect women and girls from being seduced or sold into sexual slavery. But, its enforcement resulted more often in the policing of women's sexual behavior. By citing its mandate to halt illicit sexuality, the fledgling Bureau of Investigation gained entry not only into brothels...
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Distributed by MPI Home Video
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[2008]
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English
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The vice unit of London's Metropolitan Police are a tight-knit undercover unit, these team members put their personal lives on hold and lay their lives on the line in the war against corruption. Detective Inspector Pat Chappel reaches out to a battered prostitute in an attempt to nail a procurer who is suspected in the savage murder of a high class callgirl. WPC Hutchins goes undercover to nail a nightclub owner who traffics in hardcore S&M videos...
11) Miami vice
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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After a tragic security breach in the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force. Since they are not part of the compromised group, the FBI askes for help from the Miami authorities. This assignment goes to Detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett and Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs. Going undercover as Sonny Burnett and Rico Cooper, the two become offshore boat racers and outlaw smugglers. They take on the narcotrafficking network of the mysterious Archangel de Jesus Montoya-Londono...
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Simon & Schuster
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2014.
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English
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"SHARDS is Allison Moore's first-person account of her life as a Hawaii vice cop who became addicted to meth, deceived her entire police department, and led her to a life of prostitution, torture, prison, and, ultimately, rehabilitation and redemption"--Provided by publisher.
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