Oppressed by Debt: Government and the Justice System as a Creditor of the Poor by Saul Schwartz (Carleton College, Canada)
* Explores and explains what happens when citizens cannot pay the debts they owe to their governments
* Provides insights for students and academics in criminology, sociology, public policy, and economics, as well as policymakers and government officials interested in effecting change
* Unique in addressing the various ways in which governments have become privileged creditors, using their power to collect debts owed to them by their citizens