| War on the Family: Mothers in Prison and the Families They Leave Behind Contributor(s): Golden, Renny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415946700 ISBN-13: 9780415946704 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: When most people think of prisoners, they think of men. Yet women are the fastest growing prison population. Perhaps more surprising, some 75% of women behind bars are mothers. Each year these mothers leave behind 350,000 children under the age of 18. More than half of mothers in state prisons never see their children during their incarceration. In "The War on the Family," noted social rights activist Renny Golden shows that as a direct result of President Ronald Reagan's administration's War On Drugs campaign, the rates of women in prison have skyrocketed, leading to the unintended destruction of the family. Through her interviews inside prisons across the country, Golden identifies the risks and needs of these imprisoned mothers and their children, the obstacles communities face in successfully helping these families, and the implications current judicial policies--like mandatory sentencing and lack of drug treatment programs--pose for women, children, families, and the communities in which we live. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Adult Children Of Substance Abusers |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| LCCN: 2005008802 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.08" W x 9.32" (1.02 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this timely book, renowned criminologist and activist Renny Golden sheds light on the women behind bars and the 350,000 children they leave behind. In exposing the fastest growing prison population-a direct result of Reagan's War on Drugs-Golden sets up new framework for thinking about how to address the situation of mothers in prison, the risks and needs of their children and the implications of current judicial policies. |