TY - BOOK AU - Gustafson,Kaaryn S. TI - Cheating welfare: public assistance and the criminalization of poverty SN - 9780814732311 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - KF3720 .G87 2011 U1 - 362.5/5610973 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Welfare fraud KW - United States KW - Public welfare KW - California KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index; Introduction -- Reconstructing social ills : from the perils of poverty to welfare dependency -- The criminalization of poverty -- A glimpse at the interviewees -- Living within and without the rules -- Engaging with rules and negotiating compliance -- Contextualizing criminality, non-compliance, and resistance -- Cheating ourselves ER -