Prosecuting poverty, criminalizing care
At the height of the opiate epidemic, Tennessee lawmakers made it a crime for a pregnant woman to transmit narcotics to a fetus. They promised that charging new mothers with this crime would help them receive the treatment and support they often desperately need. In Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizin...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press
2022.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47028932*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Creating a crime to create care
- Framing and reframing
- Laying the ground
- Punishing poverty
- Deepening poverty and degrading justice
- The path in : from healthcare to child welfare to criminal systems
- Criminalization as a road to care and the price you pay
- Corrupting care
- A path forward.
