Banished [electronic resource] : the new social control in urban America / Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert.

By:

Beckett, Katherine, 1964-

Contributor(s):

Herbert, Steven Kelly, 1959-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in crime and public policyPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 207 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:

9780199943319 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

307.341609797772 23

LOC classification:

HN80.S54 B43 2010

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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