|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology
|
Buy Now
Policing Compassion - Begging, Law and Power in Public Spaces (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,268
Discovery Miles 12 680
|
|
|
Policing Compassion - Begging, Law and Power in Public Spaces (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 18 - 22 working days
|
Do you give to someone begging? For centuries, the figure of the
beggar has caused public fear, sympathy and confusion. In this
book, criminologist Joe Hermer explores how the dilemma of giving
to someone begging today has become an unusual site of regulation,
public inquiry and law reform. This book investigates why handing
pocket change to someone begging is now widely viewed as a gift
crime, one that attempts to make the giving public complicit in the
policing and control of visibly poor people. Drawing on the
historical insight that public feeling is a central problem of
policing the vagrant beggar, the author examines how a quirky
provincial experiment to stop people giving to beggars morphed into
an unlikely movement across England. Hermer ranges widely in his
analysis, with discussions of 'diverted giving' schemes,
specialised police operations, activist efforts to repeal the
Vagrancy Law, and begging-like activities such as busking, Big
Issue vending and flag day collections. The author pays particular
attention to the Vagrancy Act 1824 and the historic reforms enabled
by gift crime regulation to this storied area of criminal law. The
consequence, this book argues, is the continuing abandonment of
some of the most vulnerable individuals in society through direct
appeals to compassion and kindness.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(2)
(1)
