Public Assistance and the Criminalization of Poverty
by
Kaaryn S. Gustafson
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Over the last three decades, welfare policies have been informed by popular beliefs that welfare fraud is rampant. As a result, welfare policies have become more punitive and the boundaries between the welfare system and the criminal justice system have blurred—so much so that in some locales prosecution...