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social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > crimes and offenses > civil order crimes > vagrancy
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > crimes in America > vagrancy
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vagrancy  

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  • VAGRANCY IS THE LEGAL TERM for people who do not have an established home and who drift from place to place and who lack any visible or lawful means of support. Many governments have ordinances against vagrancy. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Vagrancy]

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