Patterns of Exclusion: Sanitizing Space, Criminalizing Homelessness

Part of a special issue on race, security, and social activism in the U.S. A study was conducted to attempt to locate contemporary manifestations of patterns of marginalization and spatial exclusion of the impoverished within their historical contexts. Data were drawn from a theoretical overview of...

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Autor principal: Amster, Randall 1966- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2003
En: Social justice
Año: 2003, Volumen: 30, Número: 1, Páginas: 195-221
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Sumario:Part of a special issue on race, security, and social activism in the U.S. A study was conducted to attempt to locate contemporary manifestations of patterns of marginalization and spatial exclusion of the impoverished within their historical contexts. Data were drawn from a theoretical overview of anti-homeless legislation and regimes of spatial control combined with observation of actual events and activities. Findings demonstrated the demonized existence of the homeless as constant targets of regulation, criminalization, expulsion, and erasure.
ISSN:2327-641X