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Blaming the Victims

Hearsay, Labeling, and the Hazards of Quick-Hit Disaster Ethnography

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ID4521932
AuthorsEric Klinenberg (0000-0003-1603-6529, New York University, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume71
Issue4
Pages689-698
Publication date2006-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000312240607100409
OpenAlexW2039190838
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited17

behavioral characteristics. These myths were harmful, because they helped perpetuate the official and journalistic opinion that people died because their families and neighbors did not care about or take care of them, or because they neglected themselves. Drawing on comparative ethnographic research in two neighborhoods, including interviews and observations of street-level conditions, HW issues the following claim

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Citation span2008 - 2026 (19)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 17

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