CHAP. PAGE I. VAGRANCY: AN ESSAY AWARDED GIRTON GAMBLE PRIZE, 1906 1
I. Vagrancy as an underlying social factor, p. 1--II. Vagrancy from the commencement of the nineteenth century, p. 7--III. Special legislation for vagrancy, p. 11--IV. Examination of vagrancy as it exists at present: statistics, p. 17--V. Further (personal) investigations, p. 23--VI. Indictment of the tramp ward (correspondence with a working man), p. 33--VII. The common lodging-house, p. 46--VIII. Summary of results of investigation, p. 52--IX. Vagrancy legislation in other countries, p. 54--X. Tentative attempts in England, p. 64--XI. Reforms having reference to vagrancy, p. 71--XII. Conclusion, p. 82.
II. FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS 87
I. A night in a municipal lodging-house--II. A night in a common lodging-house--III. First night in a workhouse tramp ward--IV. Second night in a workhouse tramp ward--V. Night in a woman's shelter.
IV. A NIGHT IN A SALVATION ARMY SHELTER 175
V. THREE NIGHTS IN WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSES 197
I. First night--II. Second night--III. Third night.
I. In a northern town--II. In a northern city.
I. London lodgings--II. A London tramp ward.
VIII. A SYMPOSIUM IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE 269
IX. VAGRANCY: ITS RELATION TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 284
I. TRANSFER OF CASUALS TO POLICE SUPERVISION 303
II. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE 305
IV. WOMEN: REPORT OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE 312
VI. PREFACE BY CANON HICKS, OF SALFORD, TO "FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS" 317
VII. IMMORALITY AS CAUSED BY DESTITUTION AMONG WOMEN 319
VIII. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES _versus_ SHELTERS 324
The word "vagrancy," from the Latin _vagare_, to wander, now implies a crime against civilised society (Vagrancy Report, p. 3, footnote). Laws to restrain or abolish it form part of the code of European and other civilised States.
Nevertheless, the _fact_ of vagrancy is one deep rooted in human nature. The tendency to it recurs both in the individual and in the race. In one stage of development the child, unless restrained by watchful care, is essentially a vagrant, and a "roaming fit" seizes many of us at times. Before considering therefore historically, the legislation and remedies applied to the _crime_ of vagrancy, it will be well to dwell briefly on the underlying reasons for it.