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Banished: The New Social Control In Urban America (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) (1st Edition) by Katherine Beckett, Steven Kelly Herbert Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-19-539517-4 / 0195395174 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-539517-4 / 9780195395174 With urban poverty rising and affordable housing disappearing, the homeless and other "disorderly" people continue to occupy public space in many American cities. Concerned about the alleged ill effects their presence inflicts on property values and public safety, many cities have wholeheartedly em |