Nowhere To Go: The Trend To Criminalize The Nation's Homeless
The criminal justice system often uses much force in its response to the homeless population. The homeless are often targeted and have their basic human dignities trampled as law enforcement destroys their property and jails them for activity essential for human existence as those activities are cri...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2013
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| En: | Año: 2013 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Sumario: | The criminal justice system often uses much force in its response to the homeless population. The homeless are often targeted and have their basic human dignities trampled as law enforcement destroys their property and jails them for activity essential for human existence as those activities are criminalized. With the negative perception held by much of the criminal justice system, no homeless person can receive impartial treatment at the hands of the criminal justice system. This ethnographic study researches the trends in the criminalization of the homeless by interviewing seven respondents for their experiences and observations |
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