Cities spatially segregate the morally excluded beyond mere containment.

Evidence

As is rather clearly implied in the above advertisement, segregation of persons in the modern city also involves moral categories. Those humans deemed “beyond the pale” are set apart from “respectable citizens.” Every city, for example, has its vice section and its skid row (road)-areas where the modern world’s outcastes can be contained. But sometimes, in some cities, containment is thought to be insufficient and more innovative segregating tactics are called for, tactics which may even conflict with political convention, economic necessity, or aesthetic values. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 427

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Lofland’s own theme of categorizing strangers in public space — moral categories join the spatial sorting of the city’s orderings.