@article{898375,
      recid = {898375},
      author = {Adler, Michael,},
      title = {Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment? : benefit sanctions  in the UK /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This book subjects the hidden phenomenon of benefit  sanctions in the UK to sustained examination and critique.  It examines the relationship between benefit sanctions and  conditionality, shows how benefit sanctions have developed  in the UK over the last 100 years, compares benefit  sanctions in the UK first with benefit sanctions in other  countries and secondly with other administrative penalties  and court fines. These comparisons indicate that benefit  sanctions are not only unusually harsh and cause real  hardship but are also, in many important respects,  incompatible with administrative justice and the rule of  law. This book assesses the problems of punishment outside  the courts, where few of the usual safeguards associated  with punishment in the courts apply, and concludes by  considering both what could be done about benefit sanctions  and whether anything is likely to be done as long as work  is prioritised over welfare.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/898375},
}