Can't Catch a Break
Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Women&, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
| Author: | Prof. Susan Starr Sered, Prof. Maureen Norton-Hawk | ISBN: | 9780520958708 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press | Publication: | September 12, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of California Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Prof. Susan Starr Sered, Prof. Maureen Norton-Hawk |
| ISBN: | 9780520958708 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Publication: | September 12, 2014 |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| 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.
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.
