ZERO-TOLERANCE VERSUS PERSONALISED POLICING
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This literature review will compare New York, Copenhagen, and Seattle in terms of their policing of the homeless and homeless programs. The comparison will explore the zero-tolerance and broken-windows policing method in New York that criminalizes the homeless through spatial exclusion and gentrification. It will also explore the personalized/community policing methods in Copenhagen and how the city attempts to help their homeless population through Housing First principles. Seattle will also be explored in the comparison as the state has used both methods of policing through banishment and civility codes, but now has more programs that are aligned with the principles of harm reduction. The paper also outlines the implications for future research in terms of treating the complex problems of the homeless community, not criminalizing them, and focusing on a personalized policing approach. The importance of this comparison is to highlight different policing and government strategies that can benefit all and not perpetuate an individualized approach to the cause of homelessness.
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