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Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting - Vulnerable Demons? (Paperback)
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Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting - Vulnerable Demons? (Paperback)
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This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of
squatting from a range of different theoretical, policy and
practice perspectives. While the practice of squatting has long
been criminalised in some jurisdictions, the last few years have
witnessed the emergence of a newly constituted political concern
with unlawful occupation of land. With initiatives to address the
'threat' of squatting sweeping across Europe, the offence of
squatting in a residential building was created in England in 2012.
This development, which has attracted a large measure of media
attention, has been widely regarded as a controversial policy
departure, with many commentators, Parliamentarians, and
professional organisations arguing that its support is premised on
misunderstandings of the current law and a precarious evidence-base
concerning the nature and prevalence of 'squatting'. Moral Rhetoric
and the Criminalisation of Squatting explores the significance of
measures to criminalise squatting for squatters, owners and
communities. The book also interrogates wider themes that draw on
political philosophy, social policy, criminal justice and the
nature of ownership, to consider how the assimilation of squatting
to a contemporary punitive turn is shaping the political, social,
legal and moral landscapes of property, housing and crime.
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