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A considerable number of girls, prospective or already active as prostitutes, were taken into custody by the Vienna police between March 1, 1946 and February 28, 1947. They had come to the attention of the police during raids on taverns, night clubs or music halls. Of these girls, as many as 1,916, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years, were held in police custody; I here give their age breakdown:
At the same time a number of similar cases were handled by the Vienna Municipal Board for the Care of Youth (Wiener Staedtisches Jugendamt).3
After the first World War, when the Municipal Board had been faced with the same problem, I had asked myself two questions: