Banished [electronic resource] : the new social control in urban America / Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert. Beckett, Katherine, 1964- Herbert, Steven Kelly, 1959- Marginality, Social Washington (State) Seattle. HN80.S54 B43 2010 307.341609797772 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. With urban poverty rising, the homeless and other 'disorderly' people continue to occupy public space in many American cities. Drawing upon an extensive body of data, the authors chart the rise of banishment in Seattle, a city on the leading edge of this trend, to establish how it works and explore its ramifications. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. c2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (vi, 207 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195395174.001.0001 eng Studies in crime and public policy Studies in crime and public policy. Seattle (Wash.) Social policy. Washington (State) Seattle.