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Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility
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ISBN10: 0520282787
ISBN13: 9780520282780
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Sep 12 2014
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780520282780
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Sep 12 2014
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, Can't Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a broad cultural consensus that views suffering as a consequence of personal flaws and bad choices. Combining hard-hitting policy analysis with an intimate account of how marginalized women navigate an unforgiving world, Susan Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk shine new light on the deep and complex connections between suffering and social inequality. As an additional teaching tool, instructors can find updates about the women in Can't Catch a Break on Susan's blog at http: //susan.sered.name/blog/category/cant-catch-a-break/.
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