Banished: The New Social Control in Urban America

by Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert

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With urban poverty rising and affordable housing disappearing, the homeless and other "disorderly" people continue to occupy public space in many American cities. Concerned about the alleged ill effects their presence inflicts on property values and public safety, many cities have wholeheartedly embraced "zero-tolerance" or "broken window" policing efforts to clear the streets of unwanted people. Through an almost completely unnoticed set of practices,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199830002

ISBN13:9780199830008

Release Date:August 2011

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Administrative Law Criminology Law Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Public Affairs & Policy Public Policy Social Policy Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Textbooks Urban Urban, State & Local Government

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