Disorderly People

Download or read book Disorderly People written by Janet Eaton Mosher and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ontario Safe Streets Act is the first modern provincial law to prohibit a wide range of begging and squeegee work in public space. This Act is representative of a much wider set of reforms that the Ontario government has carried out in the administration of criminal justice and social welfare. Central to the neo-conservative character of these reforms has been the construction of ôdisorderly people, ö of those portrayed as ôwelfare cheatsö, ôsqueegee kidsö, ôaggressive beggarsö, ôviolent youthö and ôcoddled prisoners.ö Drawing from their expertise in law, sociology, criminology and geography, contributors to this collection make visible the role of law in the practices and logic of a government that polices ôpublicö safety through the exclusion and punishment of some of the most vulnerable people in society.