Getting Tough: Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America by Julilly Kohler-Hausmann

Getting Tough: Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America

Julilly Kohler-Hausmann

328 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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The politics and policies that led to America's expansion of the penal system and reduction of welfare programsIn 1970s America, politicians began getting tough on drugs, crime, and welfare. These campaigns helped expand the nation's penal system,...

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