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Author Gómez, Laura E., 1964-

Title Misconceiving mothers : legislators, prosecutors, and the politics of prenatal drug exposure / Laura E. Gómez.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1997.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.29 G633M    Check Shelf
Description x, 207 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Gender, family, and the law
Gender, family, and the law.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-197) and index.
Contents Discovering "crack babies" : the news media and medical science -- Lawmaking and the making of a social problem -- The politics of pregnancy : institutionalizing prenatal drug exposure -- Claims-making in the criminal justice system : prosecutors on "crack babies" -- Making sense of the gap between prosecutors' rhetoric and their responses.
Subject Pregnant women -- Drug use -- Government policy -- California.
Drug abuse in pregnancy -- Government policy -- California.
Cocaine abuse -- Government policy -- California.
Crack (Drug) -- Government policy -- California.
Drug control -- California.
Pregnancy -- California.
Public Policy -- California.
Substance-Related Disorders -- California.
Cocaine-Related Disorders -- California.
ISBN 1566395577 cloth alkaline paper
1566395585 paperback alkaline paper
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