Title Saving Bernice : battered women, welfare, and poverty / Jody Raphael

Published Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) Series The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law. Contents ch. 1. Getting trapped -- ch. 2. Trying to work -- ch. 3. Having babies -- ch. 4. Leaving -- ch. 5. Recovering : is there a "culture of poverty"? -- ch. 6. Little Billy's dilemma -- ch. 7. The single mother myth and the role of welfare and work -- ch. 8. Toward new public policy -- ch. 9. Violence and poverty : the causes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index Notes Print version record Subject Abused women -- United States Welfare recipients -- Abuse of -- United States Public welfare -- United States. Family violence -- United States Welfare recipients -- United States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Welfare recipients Abused women Family violence Public welfare Welfare recipients -- Abuse of Misshandelte Frau Armut Sozialhilfe United States USA Form Electronic book ISBN 9781555538521 1555538525

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