Crime in post-Katrina Houston: The effects of moral panic on emergency planning

Disasters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-219

  Settles, Tanya ^a   Lindsay, Bruce R ^b  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Policy Analyst ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Houston; Hurricane Katrina; Moral panic; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; SOCIAL POLICY; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; CRIME; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MORALITY; REFUGEE; RELIEF WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CRIME; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HUMANS; MORALE; NEW ORLEANS; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; TEXAS;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650106720     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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