Under Siege: Poverty and Crime in a Public Housing Community

by Dekeseredy Walter, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Shahid Alvi, et al.

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Under Siege is one of the first books of its kind. It vividly describes the devastating consequences of living in a public housing community damaged by the disappearance of manufacturing jobs, government cutbacks, and other alarming structural transformations that currently plague the United States and Canada. Walter DeKeseredy and his colleagues build on the rich theoretical perspectives developed by feminist scholars-as well as those constructed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0739107046

ISBN13:9780739107041

Release Date:August 2003

Publisher:Lexington Books

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Criminology Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Urban

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