The upper limit : how low-wage work defines punishment and welfare

"Since 1993, crime has fallen in the United States to historical lows, providing extraordinary legitimacy to the country's peculiar mix of welfare and punishment, with ever stingier social programs for the poor and the highest rates of incarceration in the world. The Upper Limit sets out t...

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Auteur principal : Bonnet François (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The upper limit : how low-wage work defines punishment and welfare / François Bonnet
Publié : Oakland, California : University of California Press , C 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-186 p.)
Sujets :
  • The upper limit
  • The great adjustment : punishment and welfare in postwar America
  • The crime drop and the East New York renaissance
  • The necessity of harsh policing
  • Prisoner reentry in public housing
  • Nonprofits : welfare on the cheap
  • Reengineering less eligibility : the New York homeless shelter industry