The 'regulatory grey zone': bylaw enforcement's governing of homelessness and space.
Over the past two decades, homelessness has become more visible, and with it are increased demands for law enforcement to minimise the visibility of people experiencing homelessness, and manage, or ultimately remove, local encampments. While scholarship exists on police responses to homelessness, th...
| Publicado en: | Policing & Society Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 305 - 321 |
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May2024
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