Getting Tough
The politics and policies that led to America''s expansion of the penal system and reduction of welfare programs
In 1970s America, politicians began "getting tough" on drugs, crime, and welfare. These campaigns helped expand the nation''s penal system, discredit welfare programs, and cast blame for the era''s social upheaval on racialized deviants that the state was not accountable to serve or repr...
The politics and policies that led to America''s expansion of the penal system and reduction of welfare programs
In 1970s America, politicians began "getting tough" on drugs, crime, and welfare. These campaigns helped expand the nation''s penal system, discredit welfare programs, and cast blame for the era''s social upheaval on racialized deviants that the state was not accountable to serve or repr...
