SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Squeegee, Squeegee Man
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Squeegee kids- clean cars on streets- they dress crazy- Characteristics- their appearance was very powerful and intimidating. Majority of the squeegee people are boys but there is a proportion that are females. Majority in toronto are aged 16-25 but you do see some older people trying to earn money this way as well. Most of these kids were homeless- 34% had no shelter at all sleeping under bridges or on the sidewalk. Definition of soliciting: sitting on the ground with a sign or putting out your hand or hat for money is solicitation not just asking someone for money. Cant ask a person waiting or using a teller machine- or waiting to use a telephone- soliciting a person in a space where they are not allowed to get away are prohibited. The act came in 2001 and have a bit of a criminal law orientation to it even though it is not the criminal law.
