Beggars and thieves : [electronic resource] lives of urban street criminals / Mark S. Fleisher.
By: Fleisher, Mark S.
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TextPublisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995Description: xiv, 332 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0299147703 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780299147709 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0299147746 (paperback : alk. paper); 9780299147747 (paperback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Marginality, Social -- United States -- Case studies | Criminals -- United States -- Case studies | Ethnology -- United States -- Case studies | United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- | Criminals | United States | Criminaliteit | Jeugdcriminaliteit | Zwervers | Steden | Marginalité -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de | Criminels -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de | Ethnologie -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de | États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 1960-1980 | StraßenkriminalitätAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Beggars and thieves.DDC classification: 364.3/0973 Other classification: 71.65 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library Also issued online.
Contents:
Foreword / Robert F. Meier -- 1. Street Ethnography -- 2. Distorted Families -- 3. Adolescent Survival -- 4. Sanctuaries -- 5. The Street -- 6. Aging -- 7. Ethnography and Anti-Crime Policy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-324) and index.
Also issued online.
Foreword / Robert F. Meier -- 1. Street Ethnography -- 2. Distorted Families -- 3. Adolescent Survival -- 4. Sanctuaries -- 5. The Street -- 6. Aging -- 7. Ethnography and Anti-Crime Policy.
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