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‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

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Acknowledgements

This free course is adapted from a former Open University course called 'Welfare, crime and society (DD208).'

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The material acknowledged below is contained in: Social Justice: Welfare Crime and Society (edited by Janet Newman and Nicola Yeates), Chapter 4 ‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places, by Gerry Mooney, part of a series published by the Open University Press in association with The Open University. First published 2008. © The Open University. This publication forms part of The Open University course DD208: Welfare, crime and society.

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Extract 1 Bradshaw, L. and Slonsky, L.B. (2005) ‘The real heroes and sheroes of New Orleans’, Socialist Worker Online, 9 September 2005.

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