{"product_id":"banished-the-new-social-control-in-urban-america-9780199830008","title":"Banished: The New Social Control in Urban America","description":"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 embraced \"zero-tolerance\" or \"broken window\" policing efforts to clear the streets of unwanted people. Through an almost completely unnoticed set of practices, these people are banned from occupying certain spaces. Once zoned out, they are subject to arrest if they return-effectively banished from public places. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eBanished \u003c\/em\u003eis the first exploration of these new tactics that dramatically enhance the power of the police to monitor and arrest thousands of city dwellers. Drawing upon an extensive body of data, the authors chart the rise of banishment in Seattle, a city on the leading edge of this emerging trend, to establish how it works and explore its ramifications. They demonstrate that, although the practice allows police and public officials to appear responsive to concerns about urban disorder, it is a highly questionable policy: it is expensive, does not reduce crime, and does not address the underlying conditions that generate urban poverty. Moreover, interviews with the banished themselves reveal that exclusion makes their lives and their path to self-sufficiency immeasurably more difficult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when more and more cities and governments in the U.S. and Europe resort to the criminal justice system to solve complex social problems, \u003cem\u003eBanished\u003c\/em\u003e provides a vital and timely challenge to exclusionary strategies that diminish the life circumstances and rights of those it targets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Beckett \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Law, Societies, and Justice program at the University of Washington. Her research and teaching focus on the politics of crime, punishment, and social control. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eMaking Crime Pay \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Injustice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteve Herbert \u003c\/em\u003eis Professor in the Department of Geography and the Law, Societies, and Justice program at the University of Washington. His research and teaching focus on the legal regulation of space, especially as practiced by the uniformed police. He is the author of \u003cem\u003ePolicing Space\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCitizens, Cops, and Power.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460049441042,"sku":"9780199830008","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a03e3d29-85d6-46e7-838d-f6e3e3caacfc.jpg?v=1730024096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/banished-the-new-social-control-in-urban-america-9780199830008","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}