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
Cover of the book Can't Catch a Break by Prof. Susan Starr Sered, Prof. Maureen Norton-Hawk, University of California Press
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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.

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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.

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