From Witches To Crack Moms

Author : Susan C. Boyd
Publisher : Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Witches to Crack Moms written by Susan C. Boyd and published by Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides a critical feminist analysis of the impact drug law and policy have on women in the U.S. compared with women in Britain and Canada. In order to illuminate the connections between the regulation of illegal drug use in Western liberal states and non-Western states, the drug war's impact on women and indigenous peoples in Colombia is also addressed."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Veronica Strong-Boag
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554587980
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fostering Nation? written by Veronica Strong-Boag and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America’s most disadvantaged Aboriginal and newcomer girls and boys. Gender, class, race, and (dis)ability are always important factors that bear on youngsters’ access to resources. State fostering initiatives occur as part of a broad continuum of arrangements, from social assistance for original families to kin care and institutions. Birth and foster parents of disadvantaged youngsters are rarely in full control. Children most distant from the mainstream ideals of their day suffer, and that suffering is likely to continue into their own experience of parenthood. That trajectory is never inevitable, however. Both resilience and resistance have shaped Canadians’ engagement with foster children in a society dominated by capitalist, colonial, and patriarchal power. Fostering Nation? breaks much new ground for those interested in social welfare, history, and the family. It offers the first comprehensive perspective on Canada’s provision for marginalized youngsters from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Its examination of kin care, institutions, state policies, birth parents, foster parents, and foster youngsters provides ample reminder that children’s welfare cannot be divorced from that of their parents and communities, and reinforces what it means when women bear disproportionate responsibility for caregiving.

Author : Julia Skelly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472569423
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Decadence written by Julia Skelly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering book explores the notion of 'radical decadence' as concept, aesthetic and lived experience, and as an analytical framework for the study of contemporary feminist textile art. Gendered discourses of decadence that perpetuate anxieties about women's power, consumption and pleasure are deconstructed through images of drug use, female sexuality and 'excessive' living, in artworks by several contemporary textile artists including Orly Cogan, Tracey Emin, Allyson Mitchell, and Rozanne Hawksley. Perceptions of decadence are invariably bound to the negative connotations of decay and degradation, particularly with regard to the transgression of social norms related to femininity and the female body. Excessive consumption by women has historically been represented as grotesque, and until now, women's pleasure in relation to drug and alcohol use has largely gone unexamined in feminist art history and craft studies. Here, representations of female consumption, from cupcakes to alcohol and cocaine, are opened up for critical discussion. Drawing on feminist and queer theories, Julia Skelly considers portrayals of 'bad girls' in artworks that explore female sexuality - performative pieces designed to subvert and exceed feminine roles. In this provocative book, decadence is understood not as a destructive force but as a liberating aesthetic.

Author : Elaine Carey
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826351980
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Drug Traffickers written by Elaine Carey and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first full-length study of female drug traffickers. The lives of these women are fascinating and skillfully analyzed by the author. The book will be pleasurable reading to general readers and specialists alike."--Howard Campbell, author of Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez

Author : Peter L. Myers
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 0763749222
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming an Addictions Counselor written by Peter L. Myers and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2007 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming An Addictions Counselor: A Comprehensive Text, Second Edition, Is The Only Addictions Counseling Text To Address Knowledge, Skills, And Attitudes. An Experiential Learning Approach Is Encouraged With Structured Activities And Exercises, And Its Devotion To Significant Coverage Of Ethics, Treatment Planning And Case Management. The Text Also Covers Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers, Individual, Group, And Family Counseling Skills, And Clinical Treatment Issues.

Author : Wilbur R. Miller
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412988764
Total Pages : 2713 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: A-De written by Wilbur R. Miller and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 2713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and authoratative four-volume work surveys the history and philosophy of crime, punishment, and criminal justice institutions in America from colonial times to the present.

Author : Wendy Peterson
Publisher : Demeter Press
ISBN 13 : 1772581895
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mothers, Addiction and Recovery written by Wendy Peterson and published by Demeter Press. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology is a collection of personal accounts, research, treatment approaches and policy commentary exploring women’s experiences of mothering in the context of addiction. Individual chapters focus on a variety of addictions during pregnancy or mothering including misuse of substances, food and smartphones. A central theme of the book is the meaning of women’s maternal identity as key to recovery. Part I focusses on women’s lived experiences of mothering through their addiction and recovery. The chapters in part II report findings from studies that have prioritized the perspective of mothers living with addiction. In Part III of this collection, we expand our view of addiction and turn to approaches for supporting mothers of daughters with eating disorders and prevention of smartphone addiction. In part IV, contributors expand on the themes of harm reduction and restorative, healing approaches to the treatment of mothers’ addictions that have echoed throughout the chapters of this book. The anthology concludes with a gendered analysis and critique of addiction programs and policy.

Author : Julia Buxton
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 183982882X
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women written by Julia Buxton and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Examining the impact of drug criminalisation on a previously overlooked demographic, this book argues that women are disproportionately affected by a flawed policy approach.

Author : Marina Morrow
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442690542
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Health in Canada written by Marina Morrow and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-05-03 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, healthcare professionals have recognized the distinctly different healthcare needs and concerns of men and women. Women's health, in particular, has come into its own in the last two decades. In Canada, however, there has been little available in the way of a general text on women's health. This volume works toward filling that gap by providing a resource for teaching and understanding women's health in this country. To lay out the methodological and theoretical foundations for their study, editors Olena Hankivisky, Marina Morrow, and Colleen Varcoe bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners from economics, anthropology, sociology, nursing, political studies, women's studies, and psychology. Contributors draw on the rich history of the Canadian women's health movement, providing analysis of that history and of the emergent theory, policy, and practice. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners, the collection adopts an intersectional approach, looking closely at social factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and gender identity, and analysing how they relate both to each other and to women's health. Connections between the social, economic, and cultural contexts of women's lives and their physical, spiritual, and mental well-being are a primary focus. Providing a much needed resource for teachers, students, and practitioners of women's health in Canada, this comprehensive volume makes an important contribution to the literature.

Author : Joycelyn M. Pollock
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478622245
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Crimes, Criminology, and Corrections written by Joycelyn M. Pollock and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, women have been an afterthought in criminal justice policymaking and the criminological enterprise. The study of criminology has largely been the study of criminal men, because women commit less crime than men. More recently, criminologists have paid increased attention to the population of female offenders, partly because of their growing numbers and partly because of the tens of thousands of children affected by having their mothers in prison or on supervised release. The recent attention, however, has not necessarily been a good thing for women, who are much more likely to be formally prosecuted and incarcerated today than in decades past. This policy shift has come about partly because of misinformed policies implemented to “help” women, and partly because of shifts in theorists’ beliefs and public perceptions that women and men are similar in their criminal motivations and should, therefore, be treated similarly. The controversy surrounding this perception is the focus of this book. To better comprehend the challenges facing women in the criminal justice system, the author (a winner of the Bruce Smith Sr. Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences) employs research findings and statistics to: describe the prevalence and patterns of women’s crimes; review criminological theories, specifically examining how well they explain female criminality; understand female juvenile offenders, reviewing crime rates, theories relating to female delinquency, and detention-related issues; look inside the women’s prison to better understand female prisoners and their world; examine classification and programming issues—particularly the impact of gender-specific programming; and explore the problems experienced by women upon release and the related issue of women’s recidivism.