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Prisons of Poverty
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Prisons of Poverty
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Loic Wacquant
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Series | Contradictions of Modernity |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:232 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 137 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780816639014
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Classifications | Dewey:365.9 |
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Audience | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
University of Minnesota Press
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Imprint |
University of Minnesota Press
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Publication Date |
31 December 2009 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In the early 1990s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani launched a zero-tolerance campaign aimed at street disorders and petty offenders, incarnated in the infamous "squeegee man." New York City soon became a planetary showcase for an aggressive approach to law enforcement that, despite its extravagant costs and the absence of connection to the crime drop, came to be admired and imitated by other cities in the United States, Western Europe, and Latin America.
Author Biography
Loic Wacquant is professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and researcher at the Centre de sociologie europeenne, Paris.
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