Criminalized mothers: The value and devaluation of parenthood from behind bars

Women and Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 135-164

  Moe, Angela M ^a   Ferraro, Kathleen J ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal mothers; Parenthood and prisons; Self perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249008738     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v29n03_08     Document Type: Article

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