Policing Compassion: Begging, Law and Power in Public Spaces

by Joe Hermer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509952721
• ISBN13: 9781509952724
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"