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Hungry and alone, Kimberly Rogers died in August 2000. She was serving a six month sentence of house arrest in Sudbury, Ontario for the crime of collecting student loans while on welfare (MacKinnon & Lacey, 2001). Although Kimberly had been the first person to appeal successfully the automatic suspension of welfare upon conviction for welfare fraud, she could not support her unborn baby and herself on the meager benefits. Had she gone to college several years ago she would not have been convicted for completing college successfully while collecting both student loans and welfare. It had been legal to do so before. But in 1997 new welfare laws and policies made this option illegal.
This chapter is dedicated to Dr. Jennifer Keck of Sudbury Ontario who until her untimely death was an active member of the Committee to Remember Kimberly Rogers. Thanks to Heather J. Michael for assistance in preparing this chapter, and helpful comments of editors.
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Reitsma-Street, M. (2004). Connecting Policies, Girls, and Violence. In: Moretti, M.M., Odgers, C.L., Jackson, M.A. (eds) Girls and Aggression. Perspectives in Law & Psychology, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8985-7_9
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