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Can't catch a break : gender, jail, drugs and the limits of personal responsibility /

"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, incarcerati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Sered, Susan Starr (Autor), Norton-Hawk, Maureen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520958708
0520958705
1306945003
9781306945004