Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America

by Jeanne Flavin

Book Overview

Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Sex and Gender Section
2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

An important work documenting how the criminal justice system polices women's reproductive capacity

The intense policing of women's reproductive capacity places women's health and human rights in great peril. Poor women are pressured to undergo sterilization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814727549
• ISBN13: 9780814727546
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"