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Prisons of Poverty

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Prisons of Poverty
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Loic Wacquant
SeriesContradictions of Modernity
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 137
ISBN/Barcode 9780816639014
ClassificationsDewey:365.9
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 31 December 2009
Publication Country United States

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.