Stitt, Mary Ellen

Adjudication Under Cover: Compliance and Inequality in the Criminal Courts - American Journal of Sociology 2025 - 1113-1149

State agencies tasked with governing poverty often aim to improve individuals' social conditions by transforming their conduct. From welfare offices to prison reentry programs, those agencies work to compel behavioral changes by making the receipt of aid-

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Adjudication Under Cover
Compliance and Inequality
Criminal Courts
Financial Resources