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From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law, and Policy

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From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law, and Policy

In this second edition, Susan Boyd examines how the regulation of altered states of consciousness and women's bodies is not new. Like the witches of old, women suspected of using illegal drugs today are persecuted and punished. From Witches to Crack Moms offers a critique of drug law and policy and its impact on women in the United States and illuminates similarities and differences in Britain and Canada.

Informed by a feminist sociological perspective, Boyd discusses how drug law and policy is racialized, class-biased, and gendered. She highlights how punitive drug laws inform and shape criminal justice, social service and medical policy and practice. Boyd also providesinsight into how the war on drugs and the regulation of reproduction intersect, culminating in a volatile mix.
Country USA
Manufacturer Carolina Academic Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611636260
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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