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This ethnographic study of contemporary urban criminals examines issues such as the human dimensions of criminal lives, the family conditions that cause children to become deviant, and the role of jails and prisons in deterrence and rehabilitation. It also proposes anti-crime policy initiatives.

Beggars and Thieves Ethnography of Urban Street

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 8/30/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299147747, 978-0299147747
      ISBN10: 0299147746
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      This ethnographic study of contemporary urban criminals examines issues such as the human dimensions of criminal lives, the family conditions that cause children to become deviant, and the role of jails and prisons in deterrence and rehabilitation. It also proposes anti-crime policy initiatives.

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