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    THE

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    Vol. II. January 1, 1859. No. 11.

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    XLI —EMIGRATION AS A PREVENTIVE AGENCY.

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    ¦ »¦' The existence of this Association ...

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    The

    THE

    ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .

    PUBLISHED MONTHLY .

    Vol. Ii. January 1, 1859. No. 11.

    Vol . II . January 1 , 1859 . No . 11 .

    Xli —Emigration As A Preventive Agency.

    XLI _—EMIGRATION AS A PREVENTIVE AGENCY . Head _in the Reformatory Department of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science , at _^ Liverpool , October 13 th , 1858 . By Is a Craig ,

    ¦ »¦' The Existence Of This Association ...

    ¦ _»¦' The existence of this Association and € hG reception it has met

    to with the , is vast a proof national that the and men human and interests women of involved England in are their full present y alive

    social condition . That condition is not a gloomy one , but hopeful in the extreme . It is no healthy activity which can only be roused

    in some terrible emergency . But our law reformers are not pasnot sing working their resolutions under the in scourge terror of of a pestilence the scaffold nor , our our sanitarians social econo are

    -, mists deliberating in dread of a famine ; yet wiser laws , better education , better morals , sounder health , and a safer social standing , are

    Thoug this day h crime sought is by decreasing the voice , as of a the glance nation movement at our for criminal all and its their members statistics .

    tions will shew are ; , on the the friends increase of the and reformatory if the country will steadily give exer to - prevention what it saves on ; punishment , the interest of the _invests

    ment will soon double the capital . Emigration is one of those _wicler causes which operate in the

    prevention of crime , and to draw the attention of the section to it as suchleadconsidering the place in which we meet , to a

    discussion , elucidating may , the best means for applying it as a preventive agency . It is only necessary for this purpose to indicate various

    points The of condition the question of the _. working classes has the greatest influence on

    the production of crime . A man or woman unable to read or write be neither a burdensome nor a dangerous member of society

    but may a man or woman in want of daily bread and unable to procure , itmust be one or the other , and is in danger of becoming both .

    Thus , crime is plentiful when employment is scarce . Labor is the great agent loyed in the reformation of criminals , and a criminal ,

    so far as human emp judgment goes and so far as human means are

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/1/