Not a crime to be poor :
Edelman, Peter B.,
Not a crime to be poor : the criminalization of poverty in America Peter Edelman. - New York The New Press 2017 - xix, 293 pages ; 22 cm
Introduction -- The criminalization of poverty -- Ferguson is everywhere : twenty-first-century century debtors' prisons -- Fighting back : the advocates and their work -- Money bail -- The criminalization of mental illness -- Child support : criminalizing poor fathers -- Criminalizing public benefits -- Poverty, race, and discipline in schools : go directly to jail -- Crime-free housing ordinances and the criminalization of homelessness -- The real solution: end poverty -- Taking criminal justice reform seriously -- Turning the coin over : ending poverty as we know it -- Acknowledgments.
9781620971635 (hc : alk. paper)
2017025523
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Poverty--Government policy--United States.
Poor--Government policy--United States.
HV95 / .E27 2017
HV 95 EDE
Not a crime to be poor : the criminalization of poverty in America Peter Edelman. - New York The New Press 2017 - xix, 293 pages ; 22 cm
Introduction -- The criminalization of poverty -- Ferguson is everywhere : twenty-first-century century debtors' prisons -- Fighting back : the advocates and their work -- Money bail -- The criminalization of mental illness -- Child support : criminalizing poor fathers -- Criminalizing public benefits -- Poverty, race, and discipline in schools : go directly to jail -- Crime-free housing ordinances and the criminalization of homelessness -- The real solution: end poverty -- Taking criminal justice reform seriously -- Turning the coin over : ending poverty as we know it -- Acknowledgments.
9781620971635 (hc : alk. paper)
2017025523
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Poverty--Government policy--United States.
Poor--Government policy--United States.
HV95 / .E27 2017
HV 95 EDE