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Our bodies, our crimes : the policing of women's reproduction in America / Jeanne Flavin.
LIBRA HQ1236.5.U6 F532 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flavin, Jeanne, 1965-
- Series:
- Alternative criminology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reproductive rights--United States.
- Reproductive rights.
- Women prisoners--Family relationships--United States.
- Women prisoners.
- Children of women prisoners--United States.
- Children of women prisoners.
- Women prisoners--Health and hygiene--United States.
- Women--United States--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women prisoners--Health and hygiene.
- Women prisoners--Family relationships.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 307 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- "Race criminals" : reproductive rights in America
- "Breeders" : the right to procreate
- "Back-alley butchers" : terminating pregnancies
- "Baby-killers" : neonaticide and infant abandonment
- "Innocent preborn victims" : fetal protectionism and pregnant women
- "Liars and whiners" : incarcerated women's right to reproductive health
- "Bad mothers" : incarcerated women's ties to their children
- "Asking for it" : battered women and child custody.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814727546
- 0814727549
- OCLC:
- 228425559
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