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Getting tough : welfare and imprisonment in 1970s America /

"In 1970s America, politicians began "getting tough" on drugs, crime, and welfare. These campaigns helped expand the nation's penal system, discredit welfare programs, and cast blame for the era's social upheaval on racialized deviants that the state was not accountable to s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kohler-Hausmann, Julilly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Series:Politics and society in modern America.
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Online Access:Texto completo