The deterrent workhouse, with its strict rules for the behavior of inmates and boundaries of authority of the workhouse officers, was a central expression of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, known widely as the New Poor Law. This article explores for the first time the day-to-day experience of the power and authority of workhouse masters, matrons, other officers of the workhouse, and its Board of Guardians, and the resistance and agency of resentful inmates. Despite new sets of regulations to guide workhouse officers in the uniform imposition of discipline on residents, there was a high degree of regional diversity not only in the types of offenses committed by paupers but also in welfare policy relating to the punishments inflicted for disorderly and refractory behavior. And while pauper agency was significant, it should not be overstated, given the disparity in power between inmates and workhouse officials.

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穷人行为不端：维多利亚时代济贫院的惩罚

具有威慑力的济贫院对囚犯的行为有严格的规定以及济贫院官员的权力界限，是 1834 年济贫法修正案的核心体现，该法案被广泛称为新济贫法。本文首次探讨了济贫院院长、院长、济贫院其他官员及其监护委员会的权力和权威的日常体验，以及怨恨的囚犯的抵抗和代理。尽管有新的规定来指导济贫院官员对居民进行统一的纪律处分，但不仅在贫民犯的犯罪类型方面，而且在与对无序和顽固的惩罚相关的福利政策方面，都存在高度的地区差异。行为。虽然贫困机构很重要，但不应夸大其词，