Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force - Srrt/Ala: Police Arrest People for Begging
Publication Date: 2008
Is begging constitutionally protected speech? Columbia City Council passed an ordinance in 1991 banning begging "with intent to intimidate another person into giving money or goods." (abstract from the document)
Tags: criminalization; begging; homelessness; causes of homelessness; crime; criminalization of homelessness; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; hunger and nutrition
Afghan Beggars
Authors: Lyden, Jackie
Publication Date: 2002
NPR's Jacki Lyden reports from Kabul, where thousands of Afghan children roam the streets supporting their families by begging. The children are known as 'Spandee' and some of them are as young as eight years old.
Tags: street children; begging; poverty
Bill 8 1999: 9. Safe Streets Act, 1999.
Authors: Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario
Publication Date: 1999
An act to promote safety by prohibiting aggressive solicitation, solicitation of persons in certain palces and disposal of dangerous things in certain places, and to amend the highway traffic act to regulate certain activities on roadways. (Source: http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/docs/Bill8.html)
Tags: Safety; solicitation; legal; justice; panhandling; legislation; peddling; begging; Legal & Justice Issues; Panhandling, Busking and Squeegeeing