"THE CRIME OF SURVIVAL": FRAUD PROSECUTIONS, COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE, AND THE ORIGINAL "WELFARE QUEEN.".

The article investigates how the increased monitoring of welfare recipients by police and criminal prosecutors amplified and solidified recipients' marginalized position in society. It explores the anti-welfare fraud initiatives in Illinois during the 1970 to show that charges of criminality were cr...

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Publicado en:Journal of Social History Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 329 - 355
Autor principal: Kohler-Hausman, Julilly
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Winter2007
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