"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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Published in:Journal of Social History Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 329 - 355
Main Author: Kohler-Hausman, Julilly
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Winter2007
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