Exiled in America : life on the margins in a residential motel /
Christopher P. Dum.
- New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource.
- Studies in transgression .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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Sex offenders--Housing--United States. Marginality, Social--United States. Social isolation--United States. Motels--United States.