Crack Cocaine, Crime, and Women : Legal, Social, and Treatment Issues.

By:

Mahan, Sue

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Drugs, Health, and Social Policy SeriesPublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (113 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781452248813

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crack Cocaine, Crime, and WomenDDC classification:

362.2918082

LOC classification:

HV5824.W6.M34 1996eb

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Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Crackworld -- Chapter 2 - Criminalization of Pregnancy -- Chapter 3 - Treatment for Women Who Abuse Crack Cocaine -- Epilogue -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Summary: Sue Mahan provides an up-to-date, accessible discussion of the issues relevant to the debate on crack cocaine, crime and women. Following an in-depth overview, the book offers a broad and informed perspective on the legal, lifestyle and treatment issues central to women′s addiction to crack cocaine. With sensitivity and compassion, the author also addresses the tragic consequences of children born to addicted mothers, stressing the importance for policy and resources to focus on the mutual well-being of mother and child.

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Sue Mahan provides an up-to-date, accessible discussion of the issues relevant to the debate on crack cocaine, crime and women. Following an in-depth overview, the book offers a broad and informed perspective on the legal, lifestyle and treatment issues central to women′s addiction to crack cocaine. With sensitivity and compassion, the author also addresses the tragic consequences of children born to addicted mothers, stressing the importance for policy and resources to focus on the mutual well-being of mother and child.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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