Throwaway moms: Maternal incarceration and the criminalization of female poverty

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-172

  Allen, Suzanne ^a   Flaherty, Chris ^b   Ely, Gretchen ^b  

^a University of Kentucky ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Feminist standpoint epistemology; Incarceration; Mothers; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951813852     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109910364345     Document Type: Article

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