This book exposes the raw reality of the impact of poverty and crime on the lives of Canada's urban poor. It is about time that this book was written and that this reality was exposed.

Ron Hinch, School of Justice Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

This study is at the same time theoretically sophisticated and grounded in meticulous research. It presents a harrowing account of social exclusion in a Canadian public housing community which will cause the reader to substantially re-evaluate conventional wisdoms with regards to Canadian and U.S. differences in crime and poverty.

Jock Young, The City University of New York

Under Siege will become the book that researchers and housing advocates, as well as advocates for battered women, will have to cite. It is a groundbreaking study.

Claire Renzetti, St. Joseph's University