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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bonnet, François, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Public welfare > New York (State) > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > New York (State) > History.
Minimum wage > Social aspects > New York (State)
Aide sociale > New York (État) > Histoire.
Salaires minimums > Aspect social > New York (État)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Public welfare
East New York (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)
New York (State) > New York > East New York
brooklyn neighborhood.
comprehensive.
contemporary punishment and society studies.
east new york.
enlightening.
evolution of social and penal policy.
higher living standards and minimum wage.
local consequences of punitive adjustment.
provocative.
punishment harsher.
welfare more restrictive.
welfare reform and mass incarceration.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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