AHSS*1130 Study Guide - Final Guide: Unlawful Combatant, Broken Windows Theory, Yast
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The dangerous poor: there is a perception since they are poor, we must control them. The poor and homeless are supposed to be marginalized. According to marcus aurelius poverty is the mother of crime and this belief often causes an old prejudice where the poor are seen as dangerous individuals who will stoop to criminality if given the opportunity. Governments can contain, control and neutralize the poor through regulating public space. They find the poor, imprison them and put them to work. The significance is that as society believed it posed a threat to it"s wellbeing the government and authorities question how to contain and neutralize the danger presented. They did this by denying their rights to vote, regulate public space, and criminalizing drugs. Urban space and citizenship: this is the belief that only citizens who display citizenship are able to use space: citizenship is determined by their productivity and consumption.
