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- V. Social Movements
- 4. Other Social Movements
- Social Rescue Work. By A. Wirén
- Swedish Poor Law Reform Association. By G. H. von Koch
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v. social movements.
other forms which do not concern themselves with people degraded by vice or
crime or similar causes, but where help is directed to the defenceless, or those
who are on the brink of despair, or exposed to the risk of succumbing to
difficulties. Such an organization is "Vigilance", the Anti White Slave Traffic
Association. The Swedish branch, founded 1904 and attached to the
international organization, has its head-quarters in Stockholm, and local centres or
representatives in many other Swedish towns. Its chief purpose is to aid
women travelling or seeking occupation in foreign countries. It maintains
Homes or Boarding-houses for women, in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
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The Svenska Kriminalistföreningen (Society of Swedish Criminalists) which
strictly does not belong to the institutions mentioned above, still calls for some
reference here. It was founded in 1911 with the object of bringing together
persons interested in the discussion of problems of crime and its causes, and
the means of combating it, and also to promote in other respects investigations
into these subjects.
The Association contains within it a national branch of the International
Criminalist Association.
Swedish Poor Law Reform Association.
This association was founded in 1906 (see under art. "Poor Relief"), and is a
combination of about 650 Boards of Guardians, a large number of benevolent
associations, and about 1 100 private persons. Its object is to "unite all such
as are engaged in public or private work for the care of the poor and of
children, with the object of securing appropriate uniformity in such work". For
the attainment of this end, the association has established an information bureau
in Stockholm and appointed advisers in the care of the poor and of children,
who either traverse the land län after län, or else visit different spots at the
request of the responsible officials of Boards of Guardians, of other authorities,
or of private individuals. Most of the county councils in the country have
provided subsidies for these tours, on which complete reports are sent to the
proper authorities in the läns. Furthermore, expert architects serve the
association by providing printed plans of homes for old people, poor-law farms of
different sizes, children’s homes, institutes for the feeble-minded, and so forth:
these drawings are placed at the disposal of members of the association free of
charge. Furthermore, the architect assists in examining projects for buildings,
gives suggestions for alterations, etc.
In the case of outdoor relief for the permanently sick and paupers suffering
from senile decay, in order to render help to boards of guardians in rural
districts, the association has commenced to appoint "poor relief sisters" in such
centres that they can visit the parishes in different läns where their help is
necessary to the cases in question.
In various parts of the country, Poor Law Conferences are annually
arranged, which last. 2—3 days and include lectures and discussions dealing with
the care of the poor, the sick, insurance questions, etc., visits to institutions worth
inspecting, and the like. By means of half-yearly educational courses for poor
relief officers, comprising theoretical as well as practical instruction, the
association trains officials suitable for the work in the domain of poor relief and
the care of children. We should mention in this connection the agency of the
association that provides situations for poor relief officials, primarily intended for
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