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  • Socio-legal Studies
  • Criminology
  • Urban Studies

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  • Policing in the United States often adopts a narrow definition of public safety.
  • This perspective overlooks the role of housing and subsistence in ensuring personal safety for the unhoused.
  • Current law enforcement practices may unjustly penalize homeless individuals for seeking basic security.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically examine the role of police in public safety concerning the unhoused population.
  • To argue for a more comprehensive understanding of safety that includes housing and subsistence.
  • To explore the legitimate grounds for police regulation of homeless individuals' behavior in public spaces.

Main Methods:

  • Legal and philosophical analysis of policing and public safety concepts.
  • Examination of existing laws and their application to homelessness.
  • Ethical considerations of government responsibility and individual rights.

Main Results:

  • A narrow view of public safety by police fails to address the root causes of homelessness.
  • Police have a mandate to ensure equitable access and cooperative use of public spaces for all.
  • Regulation of homeless individuals' behavior must balance immediate needs with requirements for social cooperation.

Conclusions:

  • Police conduct should acknowledge that homelessness-related behaviors often stem from duress, not choice.
  • Both housed and unhoused individuals have valid claims to public spaces.
  • Criminal law empowers police to broker and enforce social cooperation requirements for the unhoused when necessary.