How Homelessness Became A Crime

Published: Dec. 6, 2010, 2:45 a.m.

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So-called \u2018quality of life\u2019 policing may temporarily decrease crime, but it has harsh consequences for innocent people caught up in the frenzy of arrests. If it\u2019s illegal to be on a city\u2019s sidewalks, parks and plazas, where else can people go?