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Not a crime to be poor, the criminalization of poverty in America, Peter Edelman

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Not a crime to be poor, the criminalization of poverty in America, Peter Edelman

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eng

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non fiction

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Not a crime to be poor

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dictionaries

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Peter Edelman

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the criminalization of poverty in America

Table Of Contents

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

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Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America

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