Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America
In Not a Crime to Be Poor, Peter Edelman examines the criminalization of poverty in America. The book explores how economic hardship intersects with law, punishment, and public policy, offering a focused look at the social and political consequences of treating poverty as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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Not a Crime to Be Poor examines the criminalization of poverty in America.
Peter Edelman focuses on the relationship between economic hardship and the criminal justice system.
The book addresses poverty as a social and political issue, inviting consideration of how laws and public policies affect people with limited financial resources.
Its central subject is the treatment of poverty through systems of law, punishment, and public policy in the United States.
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