The first and most convincing argument against the segregation of vice
is found in the fact that the law expressly condemns crime of all
kinds and requires its relentless prosecution in order to effect its
destruction. Besides, vice districts would shortly become breeding
spots for the propagation of crime of every kind. Here would be
attracted the criminal classes from all parts of the country, because
here they would be protected by the very law which they violate.
Not only would the inhabitants of such districts regard themselves
within the law, but others, who now fear to enter these resorts
because of the probability of arrest and public exposure, would
patronize the district, armed with the knowledge that non-arrest was a
certainty and exposure highly improbable. The locality and extent of
such districts would soon become a matter of common information, and
young men would thus find easy access to disreputable resorts which
otherwise they might never find.