Cocaine-Exposed Infants: Social, Legal, and Public Health Issues

by James A. Inciardi, Hilary L. Surratt, Christine A. Saum

Book Overview

Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interactive, and less able to bond than other children. "Crack babies," in particular, were believed to be less attentive and less able to focus on specific tasks than nonexposed children. Research concluded that these conditions were irreversible and that no amount of special attention or educational programs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803970870
• ISBN13: 9780803970878
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"