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

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• Laura Gomez

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• 207 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Alkohol
• Juristische Literatur
• Medizin & Gesundheit
• Politikwissenschaft
• Recht

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Einband: Hardcover