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The Criminalization of Homelessness
The Yale Law & Policy Review has recently published an article
by Maria Foscarinis, entitled "Downward Spiral: Homelessness and Its Criminalization."1
This 63-page article provides information on the size, nature and causes
of homelessness, reviews local governments’ criminal-ization activities
and recent court rulings concerning the constitutionality of such activities,
addresses public policy concerns, and identifies three types of city responses
to court rulings.
Copies of the article are available for $8.00 from the National Law
Center on Homelessness & Poverty. Orders and inquiries should be addressed
to Heather Fuller, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, 918
"F" Street, N.W., Suite 412, Washington, DC, Tel. (202) 638-2535.
- 14 YALE L. & POL’Y REV. 1 (1996).
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