CDA22016 Compassionate Criminalisation? Safeguarding and the Strategic Use of Public Orders

有精神健康问题的无家可归者在地方当局的社会工作干预方面经常失败。虽然2014年《关爱法案》提供了对包括自我忽视在内的“有伤害风险的成年人”进行调查的机制，但其中许多要求个人在有能力给予同意的情况下予以同意。本项目调查公共空间保护令(PSPO)在经历精神疾病的无家可归人口中的使用情况，重点是这些命令是否被战略性地用作减轻服务削减的影响和确保对这一群体的支持的一种方式。需要解决的关键研究问题：PSPO被使用的理由和动机是什么？如何使用PSPO？在如此极端的脆弱性背景下，什么是“保护”？“同情的刑事化”甚至是否符合个人的最佳利益？对社会问题采取务实的方法是否合理？民事/刑事程序混合体的监管潜力是什么？这种混合体提供的灵活监管方法能否允许进行更微妙的干预？

Homeless people with mental health issues often fall through the cracks in terms of local authority social work interventions. While the Care Act 2014 provides mechanisms for investigations of 'adults at risk of harm', including self-neglect, many of these require the individuals consent where they have capacity to give it. This project investigates the use of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) in relation to the homeless population experiencing mental ill health, focussing on whether these orders are being uses strategically as a way to mitigate the impact of cuts to services and to secure support for this population group. Key research questions to be addressed:On what grounds and motivations are PSPOs being used, and how?What is meant by 'protection' in the context of such extreme vulnerability?Can 'compassionate criminalisation' even be in the best interests of the individual?Whether pragmatic approaches to social problems are justifiable?What is the regulatory potential of civil/criminal procedural hybrids?Can the flexible regulatory approach offered by such hybrids can allow for more nuanced interventions?