Social Security Claiming Research Articles

Default Judgments in Social Security Claims Litigation

Default Judgments in Social Security Claims Litigation

Criminality and welfare dependency in two generations.

Using non-identifiable data supplied by the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), claims for state social security benefits by fathers and sons were compared. Criminal records of the same fathers and sons were also compared. It is concluded that the habit of making unusually frequent social security claims is transmitted from one generation to the next, and is a characteristic feature of the delinquent minority.