Vagrancy (Disambiguation)
Vagrancy, living on the streets without a permanent home or means of livelihood. Vagrants are often considered public nuisances and are subject to disdain, punishment, and, in the past, seizure for forced labor.
For information on:
* issues facing people who do not have access to adequate housing, see Homelessness
* imprisonment and punishment for vagrancy, see History of Prison
* arbitrary seizure of vagrants for public service, see Impressment
* vagrancy laws as forcing blacks to accept low-paying jobs, see African American History: Erosion of Black Rights
Main Source: “Vagrancy,”Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000
See Also
Capital Punishment
List of Prisons of Canada
Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law
List of Criminal Biographies (Gangs) Entries