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Dead-end lives : drugs and violence in the city shadows /

Julia nervously emerges from her shabby tent in the suburban wastelands on the outskirts of Madrid to face another day of survival in one of Europe's most problematic ghettos: she is homeless, wanted by the police, and addicted to heroin and cocaine. She is also five months pregnant and rarely...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Briggs, Daniel (Criminologist) (Author), Gamero, Rubén Monge (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : welcome to Valdemingómez
  • 2. Politics, "democracy" and the ideology of the postmodern city
  • 3. Madrid : history, social processes and the growth in inequality
  • 4. Drugs, cultural change and drug markets
  • 5. Journeys to dependence
  • 6. Life in the city shadows : work, identity and social status
  • 7. The council, police and health services : an impasse to solutions
  • 8. Post dependency : what next?
  • 9. Not really the conclusion
  • 10. Epilogue.