Criminalized Mothers, Criminalizing Mothering

by Joanne Minaker and Bryan Hogeveen

As the fastest growing prison population worldwide, more and more women are living in cages and most of them are mothers. This alarming trend has huge ramifications for women, children and communities across the globe. Empathy for mothers behind bars and concern for criminalized mothers in the community is in short supply. Mothers are criminalized for their vulnerabilities and for making unpopular but difficult choices under material and ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1926452011
• ISBN13: 9781926452012
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Demeter Press
• Length: 409 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"