Misconceiving Mothers - Legislators, Prosecutors, and the Politics of Prenatal Drug Exposure

Presents a case study of how public policy about reproduction and crime is made. This work uses secondary research and first-hand interviews with legislators and prosecutors to examine attitudes toward the criminalization and/or medicalization of drug use during pregnancy by the legislature and criminal justice system in California.

Summary

Presents a case study of how public policy about reproduction and crime is made. This work uses secondary research and first-hand interviews with legislators and prosecutors to examine attitudes toward the criminalization and/or medicalization of drug use during pregnancy by the legislature and criminal justice system in California.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Gomez, Laura E. Gomez
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1997
• EAN: 9781566395571
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-557-1
• No. of pages: 207
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Gender, Family, and the Law; Gender, Family, and the Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste