Project Gutenberg 2014-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 71 Dawson, William Harbutt 1860 1948 11000976 The Vagrancy Problem. The Case for Measures of Restraint for Tramps, Loafers, and Unemployables: With a Study of Continental Detention Colonies and Labour Houses Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Vagrancy Problem" by William Harbutt Dawson is a sociological treatise written in the early 20th century. The book addresses the increase of vagrancy and the societal challenges posed by tramps, loafers, and unemployables, arguing for the need for legislative measures to manage these social issues more effectively. Dawson draws comparisons with continental approaches to managing similar problems, suggesting a systematic, disciplinary treatment for idlers rather than merely tolerating their existence. The opening of the work establishes the context of England's handling of vagrancy and outlines Dawson's arguments against the current state of the Poor Law system. He discusses the historical treatment of vagrants in England, highlighting the societal indulgence towards idleness, which he contends fosters a culture of dependency. He categorizes various types of loafers, from the nomadic beggar to the settled urban loafer, and critiques the inadequacies of existing policies in deterring vagrancy. Drawing on his extensive experience as a Poor Law Guardian, Dawson emphasizes the need for stricter regulations and harsher treatments of habitual loafers to protect society and uphold the integrity of work and contribution to the community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Tramps Poor laws -- Great Britain Unemployed Poor laws HV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 614851 614857 2024-09-19T14:22:02.368566 2023-09-20T10:22:34.832896 text/html text/html 635893 2014-09-19T14:54:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 276383 2014-09-19T14:54:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301598 2024-09-19T14:22:12.679533 application/epub+zip 304653 2024-09-19T14:22:03.933548 application/epub+zip 235398 2024-09-19T14:22:03.081547 application/epub+zip 530889 2024-09-19T14:22:18.598477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487683 2024-09-19T14:22:11.757534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363175 2022-09-21T10:19:28.505313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 484153 483960 2024-09-19T14:22:00.353570 2023-09-20T10:22:32.903881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 503029 2014-09-19T14:54:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171253 2014-09-19T14:54:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 503037 2014-09-19T14:54:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171159 2014-09-19T14:54:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20887 2024-09-19T14:22:18.754469 application/rdf+xml 8017 2024-09-19T14:22:03.214547 image/jpeg 1705 2024-09-19T14:22:03.148537 image/jpeg 278788 2024-09-19T14:22:02.415534 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia