SOC371H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Handcuffs, Jacques Lacan, Jaywalking
Document Summary
Down out and under arrest forrest stuart. To highlight the goals of policing in the skid row neighbourhood of la and how they have changed since the beginning of skid row. To show how residents of skid row have adapted to the policing, how they have attempted to avoid it while also avoiding the institutions of skid row. The first chapter shows how over time, skid row has changed from being mainly run by social welfare orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s (cid:894)catholi(cid:272) worker(cid:859)s (cid:272)oalitio(cid:374)(cid:895) to pri(cid:448)atized mega-shelters (cid:894)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the (cid:858)(cid:271)ig three(cid:859)(cid:895). The police started handing out citations for being idle or sleeping on the sidewalks among other issues. If they suspected someone of something, they would not hesitate to stop and search the person. Stuart does a really effective job of conveying what it is like everyday for an officer in the area, and how there are a wide variety of different opinions that each officer holds.
