"The world was never a safe place for them": Abuse, welfare reform, and women with drug convictions

Violence Against Women

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-175

  Hirsch, Amy E ^a  

^a North Philadelphia office of Community Legal Services Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0035242053     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778010122182370     Document Type: Article

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