Penal Visions of Homelessness and Responsibilisation in Belgium, Mean Streets: Chapter 3

Mean Streets: Penal Visions of Homelessness and Responsibilisation in Belgium

By Cory Potts, Criminologist and Lucie Martin, Sociologist, Research Coordinator at Diogènes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Local variations and local discretion: the move towards the regulation of begging through administrative sanctions
• Localisation as a phenomenon of responsabilisation - the historical origins of the penalising rationale. 
• Local management: negotiating spaces, assessing behaviours and allocating sanctions
• Conclusion: Localised practices and discretionary interventions, a patchwork

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