Renny Golden

War on the Family

Mothers in Prison and the Families They Leave Behind

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this timely book, renowned criminologist and activist Renny Golden sheds light on the women behind bars and the 350,000 children they leave behind. In exposing the fastest growing prison population-a direct result of Reagan's War on Drugs-Golden sets up new framework for thinking about how to address the situation of mothers in prison, the risks and needs of their children and the implications of current judicial policies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780415946704
• ISBN-10: 0415946700
• Artikelnr.: 21320266

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Collateral Damage in the War on Drugs
Chapter 2: The Worlds They Inhabit: Joanetta's World Chapter 3: Loss of
Childhood: A Family's Story Chapter 4: Family Narratives of Survival and
Sorrow: Bell, Melvanie, Nadia and Louella Chapter 5: Expendable Bodies,
Racialized Policies Chapter 6: Incarceration: Theater of Terror Chapter 7:
Teen Mothers and the Infants Who Saved Them Chapter 8: Children in the
Other America Chapter 9: Gonna Rise: Pam's Story Chapter 10: Eyes on the
Prize: Theorizing Change Chapter 11: What Is To Be Done in the Meantime?
Chapter 12: Beating the Odds Addendum: List of Programs for Families of
Incarcerated Mothers