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Policing welfare : punitive adversarialism in public assistance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Headworth, Spencer (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Welfare fraud investigation > United States.
Welfare fraud investigation > United States > Case studies.
Welfare fraud > United States.
Law enforcement > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The strings attached
  • One nation, finding fraud
  • The mill and the grist
  • The welfare police
  • Occupational frames and identities in fraud control work
  • Fraud control as performance
  • The blame game
  • Finding welfare rule violators
  • Conclusion.