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Author Dum, Christopher P., author.

Title Exiled in America : life on the margins in a residential motel / Christopher P. Dum.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  365.4 DUM    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  365.34 DUM    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Studies in transgression
Studies in transgression.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-282) and index.
Contents Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Biography of a residential motel -- Pathways to motel life -- Managing stigma and identity -- Community, conflict, and fragility -- Interactions with the community -- Conclusion: policy failure in the age of social sanitization -- Appendix 1. List of participants -- Appendix 2. A reflection on method -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Sex offenders -- Housing -- United States.
Marginality, Social -- United States.
Social isolation -- United States.
Motels -- United States.
ISBN 9780231176422 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0231176422 (hardcover alkaline paper)
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