Criminalizing communities of poor, dark women in the Caribbean: The fight against crime through Puerto Rico's public housing

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-73

  Dinzey Flores, Zaire Zenit ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; crime policy; gender; poverty; public housing; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751669446     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2010.18     Document Type: Article

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