Not a crime to be poor : the criminalization of poverty in America /

"Most Americans believe debtors' prisons are a thing of the past. Yet today, people are in jail by the thousands for no other reason than that they are poor. As the Justice Department found when it investigated police practices in Ferguson, Missouri, massive fines and fees are levied for m...

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Main Author: Edelman, Peter B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2017.
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