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

有心理健康问题的无家可归者往往在地方当局的社会工作干预措施中被忽视。虽然2014年《关怀法》提供了调查“有伤害风险的成年人”的机制，包括自我忽视，但其中许多需要个人在有能力给予同意的情况下同意。本项目调查了与患有精神疾病的无家可归者有关的公共空间保护令的使用情况，重点是这些命令是否被战略性地用作减轻削减服务的影响和确保对这一人口群体的支持的一种方式。需要解决的关键研究问题：使用PSPO的理由和动机是什么？如何使用？在这种极端脆弱的情况下，“保护”是什么意思？“富有同情心的刑事定罪”是否符合个人的最佳利益？对社会问题的务实态度是否合理？民事/刑事程序混合的监管潜力是什么？这种混合体所提供的灵活监管方法能否允许更细致的干预？

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?