The jailing of America's homeless: Evaluating the rabble management thesis

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-297

  Fitzpatrick, Kevin M ^a   Myrstol, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

arrestees; homelessness; jails; rabble management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952343465     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128708322941     Document Type: Article

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