美国城市限制流浪乞讨的措施及其启示

近二十年来,近半数美国城市对流浪乞讨行为进行了相当严厉的立法管制。管制措施包括设置禁讨区、禁止侵犯性乞讨以及禁止占用城市的公共场所等。但关于是否应对流浪乞讨行为进行立法管制,美国国内一直存在广泛的争议。本文分析了美国城市限制流浪乞讨行为的举措及其对我国流浪乞讨人员救助管理制度改革的启示。

The Measures of Limiting Vagrancy and Panhandling in American Cities and Their Enlightenments

About half of the city councils in America have enacted regulations to control strictly vagrancy and panhandling in the past twenty years.These regulations include establishing prohibited areas,prohibiting aggressive panhandlingand public space occupying and so on.However,there are extensive debates on whether these regulations should be enacted.These measures coping with vagrancy and panhandling of American cities will have potential implications for reforming China administration of relief for vagrants an...