Criminalization of poverty is the phenomenon in which poor people face higher consequences for the same actions as a wealthier person, due to their lack of financial resources.[1] Examples include fines and fees that the person is unable to pay,[2] anti-homelessness laws and actions,[3] and interconnections between welfare and criminal law.[4]
References
edit- ^ The criminalization of poverty.
- ^ Pager, Devah; Goldstein, Rebecca; Ho, Helen; Western, Bruce (2022). "Criminalizing Poverty: The Consequences of Court Fees in a Randomized Experiment". American Sociological Review. 87 (3): 529–553. doi:10.1177/00031224221075783. S2CID 247038184.
- ^ Herring, Chris; Yarbrough, Dilara; Marie Alatorre, Lisa (2019). "Pervasive Penality: How the Criminalization of Poverty Perpetuates Homelessness". Social Problems. doi:10.1093/socpro/spz004.
- ^ Gustafson, Kaaryn (2008–2009). The Criminalization of Poverty. p. 643.
Further reading
edit- Edelman, Peter (2019). Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America. The New Press. ISBN 978-1-62097-553-4.
- Gustafson, Kaaryn S. (2011). Cheating Welfare: Public Assistance and the Criminalization of Poverty. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-3291-5. JSTOR j.ctt9qfttq.