Race and the local politics of punishment in the new world of welfare

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1610-1657

  Fording, Richard C ^a   Soss, Joe ^b   Schram, Sanford F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POLICY; POLITICS; PUNISHMENT; RACE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955422739     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657525     Document Type: Article

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