Dorothy E Chunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1283658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorothy E Chunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorothy E |
| FAMILY NAME | Chunn |
| SIGNATURE | CHUNN D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Law-Love-Life Balancing Act of Viola Vivian DeBeck McCrossan
In 1915, three years after legislation was passed forcing the Law Society of British Columbia to admit women, Viola Vivian DeBeck enrolled in articles. She was the fourth woman to do so. Her principal was her brother's law partner. Thirty-eight years later in 1953, after marriage, children, the death of her husband, and articling for two more principals, she was called and admitted to the bar as Viola Vivian DeBeck McCrossan. She then practised c…
Choice and sole motherhood in Canada 1965–2010
Stigma and resistance
From Mothers' Allowance to Mothers Need Not Apply
In this paper we examine changes in the form and content of Canadian welfare law through a historical, feminist lens using the exemplar of mother-headed families. Our analysis of how the state dealt with sole support mothers in several provinces throughout the twentieth century reveals important continuities, as well as discontinuities, between the past and the present that have shaped and reshaped the lives and experiences of poor women and thei…
Welfare Law, Welfare Fraud, and the Moral Regulation of the 'Never Deserving' Poor
The dismantling and restructuring of Keynesian social security programmes have impacted disproportionately on women, especially lone parent mothers, and shifted public discourse and social images from welfare fraud to welfare as fraud, thereby linking poverty, welfare and crime. This article analyzes the current, inordinate focus on 'welfare cheats'. The criminalization of poverty raises theoretical and empirical questions related to regulation, …
From Punishment to Doing Good
Gender, madness and crime
Punishment and Welfare
Welfare Law, Welfare Fraud, and the Moral Regulation of the 'Never Deserving' Poor
The dismantling and restructuring of Keynesian social security programmes have impacted disproportionately on women, especially lone parent mothers, and shifted public discourse and social images from welfare fraud to welfare as fraud, thereby linking poverty, welfare and crime. This article analyzes the current, inordinate focus on 'welfare cheats'. The criminalization of poverty raises theoretical and empirical questions related to regulation, …
Stigma and resistance
From Punishment to Doing Good
Gender, madness and crime
Punishment and Welfare
Punishment and Welfare
Gender, madness and crime
From Punishment to Doing Good
Welfare Law, Welfare Fraud, and the Moral Regulation of the 'Never Deserving' Poor
The dismantling and restructuring of Keynesian social security programmes have impacted disproportionately on women, especially lone parent mothers, and shifted public discourse and social images from welfare fraud to welfare as fraud, thereby linking poverty, welfare and crime. This article analyzes the current, inordinate focus on 'welfare cheats'. The criminalization of poverty raises theoretical and empirical questions related to regulation, …
From Mothers' Allowance to Mothers Need Not Apply
In this paper we examine changes in the form and content of Canadian welfare law through a historical, feminist lens using the exemplar of mother-headed families. Our analysis of how the state dealt with sole support mothers in several provinces throughout the twentieth century reveals important continuities, as well as discontinuities, between the past and the present that have shaped and reshaped the lives and experiences of poor women and thei…
Stigma and resistance
The Law-Love-Life Balancing Act of Viola Vivian DeBeck McCrossan
In 1915, three years after legislation was passed forcing the Law Society of British Columbia to admit women, Viola Vivian DeBeck enrolled in articles. She was the fourth woman to do so. Her principal was her brother's law partner. Thirty-eight years later in 1953, after marriage, children, the death of her husband, and articling for two more principals, she was called and admitted to the bar as Viola Vivian DeBeck McCrossan. She then practised c…
Choice and sole motherhood in Canada 1965–2010
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works)