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Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting : Vulnerable Demons?, Hardback Book

Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting : Vulnerable Demons? Hardback

Edited by Lorna Fox O'Mahony, David O'Mahony, Robin Hickey

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This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of squatting from a range of different theoretical, policy and practice perspectives.

While the practice of squatting has long been criminalised in some jurisdictions, the last few years have witnessed the emergence of a newly constituted political concern with unlawful occupation of land.

With initiatives to address the ‘threat’ of squatting sweeping across Europe, the offence of squatting in a residential building was created in England in 2012.

This development, which has attracted a large measure of media attention, has been widely regarded as a controversial policy departure, with many commentators, Parliamentarians, and professional organisations arguing that its support is premised on misunderstandings of the current law and a precarious evidence-base concerning the nature and prevalence of ‘squatting’.

Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting explores the significance of measures to criminalise squatting for squatters, owners and communities.

The book also interrogates wider themes that draw on political philosophy, social policy, criminal justice and the nature of ownership, to consider how the assimilation of squatting to a contemporary punitive turn is shaping the political, social, legal and moral landscapes of property, housing and crime.

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