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Through a detailed description of the devastating prosecutions of 120 women for 'fetal assault,' Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care provides a window into the ways in which, in poor communities, access to care is linked to punishment systems. The book is essential reading on U.S. poverty policy.
List of contents
1. Creating a crime to create care; 2. Framing and reframing; 3. Laying the Ground; 4. Punishing poverty; 5. Deepening poverty and degrading justice; 6. The Path In: From healthcare to child welfare to criminal systems; 7. Criminalization as a road to care and the price you pay; 8. Corrupting care; 9. A path forward.
About the author
Wendy A. Bach is a Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee where she teaches primarily in the clinical program. Over the last 25 years, first as a practicing public-interest lawyer, and for the last 17 years as a Law Professor, Bach has represented poor clients in the courts and systems highlighted in Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care. She is a nationally recognized scholar in the field of poverty law and has published several law review articles on the relationship between social support and punishment.
Summary
Through a detailed description of the devastating prosecutions of 120 women for 'fetal assault,' Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care provides a window into the ways in which, in poor communities, access to care is linked to punishment systems. The book is essential reading on U.S. poverty policy.
