Cities tolerate prostitutes only when contained to designated areas

Evidence

So, too, soliciting by prostitutes in many cities is tolerated only so long as it can be contained. Having set aside certain public areas for certain activities, city fathers and populace alike look askance at any spill-over. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 366

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the enforcement side of pile-up avoidance—spill-over across zonal boundaries is punished, a concrete instance of who polices urban categorization. — connects to: Police enclosed prostitution in tolerated houses to keep it under constant surveillance — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 559
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 366