Banishment and the post-industrial city: lessons from Seattle

Seattle deploys several mechanisms by which individuals’ presence in particular spaces can constitute a crime. Through a range of means, police in Seattle are given wide authority to question and arrest those who appear as human manifestations of the “disorder” that is of concern to many. Importantl...

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Authors: Herbert, Steven Kelly 1959- (Author) ; Beckett, Katherine 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Year: 2017, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-40
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Banishment
Disorder
Legal hybridity
Policing
Sozialraumorientierte Polizeiarbeit
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Summary:Seattle deploys several mechanisms by which individuals’ presence in particular spaces can constitute a crime. Through a range of means, police in Seattle are given wide authority to question and arrest those who appear as human manifestations of the “disorder” that is of concern to many. Importantly, these programs accentuate the power of criminal law by mobilizing other forms of law, most notably civil law and administrative law. This legally-hybrid structure works to accentuate the police’s power notably. Yet increased police power does not actually work to reduce “disorder” to any appreciable extent. For this reason, and others, we suggest that different approaches to addressing social marginality represent more promising avenues for cities like Seattle to explore.
ISSN:1572-9869
DOI:10.1007/s10610-016-9316-z