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DISORDERLY
PEOPLE: LAW AND THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION IN ONTARIO
Edited by Joe Hermer and Janet Mosher (128 pages -
Paperback, ISBN 1-55266-079-6).
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 "disorderly people," of those
portrayed as "welfare cheats", "squeegee kids",
"aggressive beggars", "violent youth" and
"coddled prisoners." 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 "public" safety through the exclusion and punishment of
some of the most vulnerable people in society. Essays in this
collection critique the constitutional soundness of the Safe Streets Act.
They document the everyday lives of squeegee workers, map the moral
geography of the city, explore the "commodification of crime",
examine the shrinking of both the public and private spaces of the poor,
and investigate the "penalty of cruelty" which now characterizes
Ontario corrections policy.
The cost of the book is $15.95. (All royalties from the sale of this
book are being donated to the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee.)
If this book is not in stock at your local bookstore, you may ask your
bookstore to order it for you or you may order it from the
publisher. Instructions are on their website..
Fernwood Books Ltd.
PO Box 1981
Peterborough, ON
K9J 7X7
Phone: 705-743-8990
Fax: 705-743-8353
e-mail: customerservice@broadviewpress.com
Web Site: http://www.fernwoodbooks.ca
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