CRIM 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Squeegee Man, Squeegee, Aggressive Panhandling
8 Apr 2017
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Whether the driver wants it or not. Rip off windshield wipers if driver indicated they did not want service. Tend to migrate towards the center for . Crim332 week 8: homelessness and the regulation of public space. Occasionally seen in vancouver; typical in toronto. Clean windshields for cars when traffic stops. Characteristics (stats from summer of 1998, ~220 squeegee kids in toronto) 40% from outside toronto area (eg. suburbs) Tend to leave home around the age of 15. Likely to come from foster care system. Likely to flee home bc of abusive situation. More than half would take any job if paid /hr. 52% felt any job was better than welfare. 18% did not mind being unemployed for a while. No money for transportation for job search. Other problems: waking up and keeping a schedule, health, literacy. As opposed to 6. 3% for their non-homeless peers. Many felt persistently harassed by the police. 45. 7% reported being attacked in the past year.
