Privileged Places : : Race, Residence, and the Structure of Opportunity / / Charis E. Kubrin, Gregory D. Squires.

In the United States today, quality of life depends heavily on where one lives—but high levels of racial segregation in residential communities make it frustratingly difficult to disentangle the effects of place from those of race. Gregory Squires and Charis Kubrin tackle these issues head-on, explo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2006
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (183 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
1 Race and Place --
2 Accessing Traditionally Inaccessible Neighborhoods --
3 Predatory Lending: The New Redlining --
4 Racial Profiling, Insurance Style --
5 How Home Mortgage Money Reduces Crime --
6 Residence and Recidivism --
7 Race, Place, and the Politics of Privilege --
References --
Index --
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Summary:In the United States today, quality of life depends heavily on where one lives—but high levels of racial segregation in residential communities make it frustratingly difficult to disentangle the effects of place from those of race. Gregory Squires and Charis Kubrin tackle these issues head-on, exploring how inequities resulting from the intersection of race and place, coupled with the effects of public policy, permeate and shape structures of opportunity in the United States.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781588269515
9783110784251
DOI:10.1515/9781588269515
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Charis E. Kubrin, Gregory D. Squires.