Policing the Homeless
An Ethical Dilemma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20408583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Kleinig (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 289-303 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0789 • E-ISSN: 1573-658X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf01065524 |
| OpenAlex | W2041386873 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
The homeless challenge police to reconsider their social role, the constituency they serve, the alliances they should form, and the activities they should engage in. This paper considers three conceptions of the police role — law enforcement, order maintenance, and social peacekeeping — and indicates how they impinge on treatment of the homeless. The moral challenge posed by the homeless favors the peacekeeping conception, but the inadequate resources available to police make it essential that they consider alliances with social service organizations, and even some form of collective lobbying or public conscientization
Business · Criminology · Dilemma · Enforcement · Law enforcement · Moral dilemma · Peacekeeping · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law · Social Work
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Revanchist Sanitisation or Coercive Care? The Use of Enforcement to Combat Begging, Street Drinking and Rough Sleeping in England
The Social Ecology of Homelessness
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |