Report.

  • Great Britain. Departmental Committee on Vagrancy.
Date:
1906
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    Summary Jurisdiction, etc.—fow f. Relation to Vagrancy prior to 1903—Since 1903' Vagrancy has increased, but Offences have gone down and the inference is that the Law is not enforced, 8553-8555. Statistical Tables: 1857-1904, ^pp., pages 113-118. 1893-1904, Afp., page 111. 1903, 4pp., page 114. Stricter Supervision by Home OfiBce, Suggestion* 8605. Table of Offences and Statutory Enactments applicable, App., page 8. Uniformity, Suggestions for Securing: Identification System necessary to Uniform Administration of the Law, 8759. Remodelling the Vagrancy Act to suit Modern Requirements—-Fixing a Minimum Sentence and giving Power to send Vagrants for long Periods to Labour Colonies, 8754-8769. Reporting Circumstances of all Cases of Non- enforcement to Home Office who could then make a strong Report on the Subject, 8752-8754. Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1879 Objection to Minimum Sentences taken away by the Act, 1103. Summary of Committee's Recommendations Report, par. 429. Sunday Best Day for Begging ,1826-1828, 2291-2293. Detention o\er Sunday, see Detention. Sunday in Casual Wards—No Reforming or Religious Influence of any kind, 541, 542. Surrey Gipsies on Surrey Commons—Difficulty in dislodging, Police have no Power, etc., 8591-8599, 8602- 8604. Proportion of Vagrancy high according to Popula- tion, 300. Sussex Unions Casual Wards—Class of Wards, 2170. Switzerland—Administration in regard to Vagrancy. All Cantons subject to Federal law, but in practice the matter left to each Canton, 8280-8282. Authority—Council of the Canton and Council of the District. Elective Bodies not necessarily containing a Government Representative, 8309, 8313. Power of detaining a man for three years, 8305, 8310, 8314. Qualifications of Councillors—^They know more than a Magistrate about cases from their District, 8391, 8392, 8436. Begging. Decrease in—Causes of Decrease, 8276, 8372, 8373, 8436. Procedure—Police would either take Beggar before a Magistrate or send him to his own Gemeinde ; in either case he might be com- • mitted to a forced Labour Colony, 8305, 8392. Cantons outside Inter-Cantonal Unions for Relief of Poor Travellers—Travellers dealt with by Police, 8286. Causes of Vagrancy—Drink the main Cause, 8385. Difierence between English and Swiss Circumstances —ThriftLness of Swiss Authorities, 8437-8439. Identification Difficulty non-existent—Every person must have papers of Origin, 8436, 8453-8457. 203, Switzerland, etc.-co;*?. Indoor Relief given, but quite apart from Treatment of Vagrants, 8302-8304. Inter-Cantonal Union for Relief of poor Travellers, 8283-8285, 8297, App., pages 105, 106. Accommodation given—Rough Accommodation, 8499, 8500. Almsgiving, .Effect of Society in lessening willing- ness to give Alms, 8286, 8374. Decrease in Vagrancy'and Begging due to system, 8373, 8436. Distance apart of Stations, 8501, 8502. Lucerne, Working of System, in, 8430. Passes, System of: Forfeiture of Book for beggi ng or refusing suitable Work, 8288, 82 91, 8292,8296, 8458-8461, 8519, 8520. i , No Route indicated—Traveller at Ubertyto go where he chooses in search of work, ,', 8289, 8290, 8452. Travellers must furnish proof of having worked within the last three months and of having been out of work at least : five days, 8287, 8288, 8294. Police, Connection with—Some Herbergen at Police Stations, 8285. Public Opinion in Switzerland—System cer- tainly considered successful, 8300, 8301. Report, par. 171. Voluntary Society with Contributions and Privi- leges from Federal and Cantonal Govern- ments, 8283-8285, 8449, 8450, 8462. No conditions attached to Government Grant, 8503, 8504. Labour Colonies—^Forced Labour Colony System, etc., App., pages 106-110. Administration by Cantonal Council without Interference of any sort from Federal Government, 8319-8322. Officers appointed by Cantonal Coimcil,8319. Beggars, Liabihty to be sent to a Forced Labour Colony, 8305. ] Class of men sent: Criminals—Men not usually sent for Crimes 3j' of Violence, but practice varies, 8420. Loafers more or less habitual, many fairly Young Men, 8388-8390. Workhouse, Cases occasionally sent from, 8393. Classification recognised as desirable, 8533. Competition with outside Labour — Question, does not arise, there is plenty of Market for everything, 8433. Decrease in Vagrancy and Begging due to System, 8372, 8373, 8388. Diet—More Vegetarian than Diet given in ». English Institutions, 8353. Appearance of Colonists Evidence that Diet was good and sufficient, 8505-8507. Discharge difficulty, 7168-7170. Hours of Work—Much longer than in English Prisons, 8330, 8334 Inspection by Local Visiting Committee, 8320 8321. Number of Colonies—^Nearly every Canton has either a Colony or an Agreement with a Canton which has a Colony, 8317, 8318. Payments for Colonists—Gemeinde makes a small Payment in all Cases, 8311, 8312. Prisons, Relief of—Many Colonists must other- wise have been in Prison, 8338, 8339. 3S
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