War on the Family

Mothers in Prison and the Families They Leave Behind

• Author(s): Renny Golden,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 216
• ISBN_10: 1135939691
  ISBN_13: 9781135939694
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Criminology , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family , Social Science / Women's Studies ,

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.