Geography of the homeless shelter: Staff surveillance and resident resistance

Urban Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-113

  Williams, Jean Calterone ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; RESIDENTS' RESISTANCE; SHELTER ROLE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STAFF SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0030445251     PISSN: 08946019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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