Scarlet Wilcock
Biographic Data
| ID | 5189425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scarlet Wilcock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scarlet |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilcock |
| SIGNATURE | WILCOCK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0011-1363 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Digital Welfare State
The concept of the digital welfare state (DWS) has gained popularity in research on welfare system digitalization, but its meaning is under-theorized and largely unproblematized. Invoked without clear criteria, the concept leaves open fundamental questions about what qualifies as a DWS and why. In this article, we propose three key pillars as foundational criteria for analyses of the DWS: (1) the presence of a welfare state, (2) processes of digi…
Welfare Compliance and Domestic Violence
In this article, we contribute to the literature on state violence against women (VAW) by examining the intersection of domestic violence and welfare fraud tip-off lines. Tip-off lines enable anonymous reporting of suspected welfare fraud, forming part of the punitive welfare-to-work reforms within Western democratic nation states. Via examination of interviews with victims/survivors and community lawyers, alongside analysis of social security ap…
Policing Welfare Fraud
Policing Welfare Fraud charts and interrogates the suite of measures ostensibly designed to combat welfare fraud and non-compliance. In Australia, which serves as the empirical focus of this book, these strategies include stringent ID checks, pre-emptive data surveillance technologies including the infamous and illegal ‘robodebt’ programme, a dedicated fraud hotline and an ‘intelligence-led’ fraud investigation framework. Drawing on original docu…
(De-)Criminalizing Welfare? The Rise and Fall of Social Security Fraud Prosecutions in Australia
The social security fraud prosecution rate has fallen by approximately 74.9 per cent in Australia since 2010. This is remarkable considering the national dialogue continues to propound a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to fraud in the welfare system. Drawing on interviews with compliance staff from the Australian Department of Human Services, documentary research and a Foucauldian governmentality analytic, this article charts and interrogates the decli…
Official Discourses of the Australian ‘Welfare Cheat’
Using critical discourse analysis, this article argues that contemporary discourses of the ‘welfare cheat’ promulgated by Centrelink and Australian Government officials since 1997 are highly gendered, and serve to legitimise the prosecution of women for welfare fraud offences. Across this timeframe, ‘welfare cheats’ have been disproportionately identified as female, and are frequently inscribed with the characteristics of selfishness, greed and d…
(De-)Criminalizing Welfare? The Rise and Fall of Social Security Fraud Prosecutions in Australia
The social security fraud prosecution rate has fallen by approximately 74.9 per cent in Australia since 2010. This is remarkable considering the national dialogue continues to propound a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to fraud in the welfare system. Drawing on interviews with compliance staff from the Australian Department of Human Services, documentary research and a Foucauldian governmentality analytic, this article charts and interrogates the decli…
Official Discourses of the Australian ‘Welfare Cheat’
Using critical discourse analysis, this article argues that contemporary discourses of the ‘welfare cheat’ promulgated by Centrelink and Australian Government officials since 1997 are highly gendered, and serve to legitimise the prosecution of women for welfare fraud offences. Across this timeframe, ‘welfare cheats’ have been disproportionately identified as female, and are frequently inscribed with the characteristics of selfishness, greed and d…
(De-)Criminalizing Welfare? The Rise and Fall of Social Security Fraud Prosecutions in Australia
The social security fraud prosecution rate has fallen by approximately 74.9 per cent in Australia since 2010. This is remarkable considering the national dialogue continues to propound a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to fraud in the welfare system. Drawing on interviews with compliance staff from the Australian Department of Human Services, documentary research and a Foucauldian governmentality analytic, this article charts and interrogates the decli…
Policing Welfare Fraud
Policing Welfare Fraud charts and interrogates the suite of measures ostensibly designed to combat welfare fraud and non-compliance. In Australia, which serves as the empirical focus of this book, these strategies include stringent ID checks, pre-emptive data surveillance technologies including the infamous and illegal ‘robodebt’ programme, a dedicated fraud hotline and an ‘intelligence-led’ fraud investigation framework. Drawing on original docu…
The Digital Welfare State
The concept of the digital welfare state (DWS) has gained popularity in research on welfare system digitalization, but its meaning is under-theorized and largely unproblematized. Invoked without clear criteria, the concept leaves open fundamental questions about what qualifies as a DWS and why. In this article, we propose three key pillars as foundational criteria for analyses of the DWS: (1) the presence of a welfare state, (2) processes of digi…
Welfare Compliance and Domestic Violence
In this article, we contribute to the literature on state violence against women (VAW) by examining the intersection of domestic violence and welfare fraud tip-off lines. Tip-off lines enable anonymous reporting of suspected welfare fraud, forming part of the punitive welfare-to-work reforms within Western democratic nation states. Via examination of interviews with victims/survivors and community lawyers, alongside analysis of social security ap…
Welfare (5 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Administration (probate law) (1 work) · Appeal (1 work) · Business (1 work)