Trapped in a Maze: How Social Control Institutions Drive Family Poverty and Inequality

by Leslie Paik

Book Overview

Trapped in a Maze provides a window into families' lived experiences in poverty by looking at their complex interactions with institutions such as welfare, hospitals, courts, housing, and schools. Families are more intertwined with institutions than ever as they struggle to maintain their eligibility for services and face the possibility that involvement with one institution could trigger other types of institutional oversight. Many poor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520344642
• ISBN13: 9780520344648
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"