Sökning: "Vagrancy Law"
Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Vagrancy Law.
1. Brott och straff i Västernorrland 1861-1890
Sammanfattning : How did people manage to survive the adjustment from an agrarian way of life to an urban and industrial one, and how did communities undergoing this transformation deal with the new problems which arose in connection with the change? These problems are studied in this work, which is about crime, criminals and the control of crime in a province in northern Sweden which changed rapidly between the years of 1861-90 as a result of the tremendous expansion of the forestry industry. It became apparent that the change from agrarian to industrial society did not lead to a brutalisation of people's behaviour. LÄS MER
2. Zigenarfrågan : Intervention och romantik
Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses Swedish gypsy policy between 1880 and 1970, as part of a larger sociopolitical project undertaken by the Swedish authorities to promote social order and stability. During this period, the treatment of marginalized groups was shaped by the same visions and objectives as for the population as a whole. LÄS MER
3. "Den farliga underklassen" : studier i fattigdom och brottslighet i 1800-talets Sverige
Sammanfattning : The thesis analyses the fear of the lower classes which manifests itself in various ways in Swedish society and it examines if it is justified. It gives four different views of the "dangerous lower classes" and illustrates the greatly differing viewpoints that exist. LÄS MER
