Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment? Benefit Sanctions in the UK /

• Main Author: Adler, Michael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Subjects: Human rights.; Criminology.; Social justice.; Welfare state.; Social work.; Human Rights and Crime .; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Politics of the Welfare State.; Human Rights.; Social Work.

The book subjects the largely hidden phenomenon of benefit sanctions in the UK to sustained examination and critique. It comprises twelve chapters dealing with the terms 'cruel', 'inhuman' and 'degrading' that are used as a benchmark for assessing benefit sanctions; ben...