Welfare and work sanctions: Examining discretion on the front lines

Social Service Review

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-222

  Lens, Vicki ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

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EID: 46749156319     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589706     Document Type: Article

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