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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonnet, François, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.