Citation

Newburn T, Rock P. Int. Rev. Victimology 2006; 13(2): 121-156.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, World Society of Victimology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/026975800601300201

PMID

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Abstract

A survey of homeless people carried out in the centres of three English cities in 2004 revealed unusually high levels of victimisation and offending, an engrained mistrust of the police and other formal institutions, and an ensuing recourse to informal justice which exacerbated insecurity and raised levels of crime and victimisation yet further.

Language: en