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Denver’s Camping Ban Causing Severe Public Health Issues for Homeless People
Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness.“These laws are enforced under the guise of ‘tough love,’ because municipalities want to push people into services,” says Marisa Westbrook, doctoral student in health and behavioral sciences at CU Denver, who worked alongside Tony Robinson, PhD, associate professor of political science.“But we’d heard that this ‘quality of life’ policing is making sleeping on the street even more unhealthy, which is why we wanted to objectively document what those experiences looked like.”Researchers surveyed 484 people experiencing homelessness across Denver and found that 74% had been asked to “move along” by police.
