“…Whilst the scale and nature of implementation is variable within and between countries (O'Sullivan, 2012), such strategies have been widely documented in North America (Evans, 2012;Gaetz, 2013;NLCHP, 2014;Walby & Lippert, 2012), Central America (Godoy, 2012), Europe (Doherty et al, 2008;FEANTSA, 2007FEANTSA, , 2012Fernandez Evangelista, 2013) and KEYWORDS Homelessness; begging; street drinking; social control; force; coercion ARTICLE HISTORY Australasia (Adams, 2014;Laurenson & Collins, 2007;Pennay et al, 2014). In the USA, these interventions are so commonplace that the National Coalition for the Homeless developed and published a list of the ten 'meanest' cities based on the number and severity of ordinances affecting street homeless people, amongst other criteria 1 (NCH, 2006).…”