Banished the new social control in urban America

With urban poverty rising, the homeless and other 'disorderly' people continue to occupy public space in many American cities. Drawing upon an extensive body of data, the authors chart the rise of banishment in Seattle, a city on the leading edge of this trend, to establish how it works an...

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Main Author: Beckett, Katherine
Other Authors: Herbert, Steven Kelly
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010, c2010
Series:Studies in crime and public policy / Studies in crime and public policy
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:With urban poverty rising, the homeless and other 'disorderly' people continue to occupy public space in many American cities. Drawing upon an extensive body of data, the authors chart the rise of banishment in Seattle, a city on the leading edge of this trend, to establish how it works and explore its ramifications
Physical Description:vi, 207 p. ill., maps
ISBN:9780199943319
0199943311