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- catalog abstract "In Crack Mothers, Drew Humphries asserts that medicine and criminal justice have always been at odds on the subject of drug use. One treats drug users as patients, the other as criminals. However, beginning in the late 1980s, the "crack mother" scare led to an unprecedented alliance between doctors and prosecutors in same states, where doctors turned addicted pregnant women over to the police for arrest, trial, and incarceration. Humphries analyzes the public reaction to crack cocaine and the policies instituted to combat it. She shows us that more often than not, policies were generated by the fears that crack mothers were harbingers of even more serious social problems. The media's construction of the crack mother as a model of depravity is, she argues, a reflection of mainstream desires and fears, not a reflection of the truth. Humphries offers a more balanced view of the women who use crack and the policies that have been adopted to stop them.".
- catalog contributor b11117843.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Chapter 1 The News about Crack Mothers 19 -- Chapter 2 Realities and Images 42 -- Chapter 3 The Point of Moral Panic 67 -- Chapter 4 Women, Addiction, and Drug Treatment 95 -- Chapter 5 Children, Welfare, and Education 127.".
- catalog description "In Crack Mothers, Drew Humphries asserts that medicine and criminal justice have always been at odds on the subject of drug use. One treats drug users as patients, the other as criminals. However, beginning in the late 1980s, the "crack mother" scare led to an unprecedented alliance between doctors and prosecutors in same states, where doctors turned addicted pregnant women over to the police for arrest, trial, and incarceration. Humphries analyzes the public reaction to crack cocaine and the policies instituted to combat it. She shows us that more often than not, policies were generated by the fears that crack mothers were harbingers of even more serious social problems. The media's construction of the crack mother as a model of depravity is, she argues, a reflection of mainstream desires and fears, not a reflection of the truth. Humphries offers a more balanced view of the women who use crack and the policies that have been adopted to stop them.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-199) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 206 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Crack mothers.".
- catalog identifier "0814208169 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Crack mothers.".
- catalog isPartOf "Women & health (Columbus, Ohio)".
- catalog isPartOf "Women and health".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbus : Ohio State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Crack mothers.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "1999 D-261".
- catalog subject "362.29/8/0852 21".
- catalog subject "Crack (Drug) United States.".
- catalog subject "Deviant behavior United States Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "Deviant behavior in mass media United States.".
- catalog subject "Deviant behavior in mass media.".
- catalog subject "Drug abuse in pregnancy Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "HV 5824.W6 H928c 1999".
- catalog subject "HV5824.W6 H86 1999".
- catalog subject "Pregnancy.".
- catalog subject "Public Opinion.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion United States.".
- catalog subject "Social Problems.".
- catalog subject "Social problems United States Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "Social problems in mass media.".
- catalog subject "Substance-Related Disorders.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 1 The News about Crack Mothers 19 -- Chapter 2 Realities and Images 42 -- Chapter 3 The Point of Moral Panic 67 -- Chapter 4 Women, Addiction, and Drug Treatment 95 -- Chapter 5 Children, Welfare, and Education 127.".
- catalog title "Crack mothers : pregnancy, drugs, and the media / Drew Humphries.".
- catalog type "text".