The Administration of the English Poor Law, 1865.
The Workhouse System Does Not Reduce Crime Hill, Frederic [1803-1896]. The Administration of the English Poor Law. (Read at the Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science at Sheffield, October 6, 1865.) London: [The Social Science Association], 1865. 13 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning, faint vertical fold line, light soiling to exterior, very faint small spots to a few pages, small ink "19" to head of title page. $85. * Only edition. Hill was a prison inspector in England and Scotland active in nineteenth-century reform movements. In this address, he discusses the relationship between the administration of the poor laws and criminal activity and argues that the workhouse system established by the New Poor Law of 1834 fails to reduce crime and creates "unnecessary misery" for those subject to it. OCLC locates 2 copies of this title (Sutro Library, National Library of Medicine).
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