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Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility
Prof. Susan Starr Sered; Prof. Maureen Norton-Hawk (Author)
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University Of California Press
· Hardcover
Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility - Prof. Susan Starr Sered; Prof. Maureen Norton-Hawk
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Synopsis "Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility"
Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, Can’t Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a broad cultural consensus that views suffering as a consequence of personal flaws and bad choices. Combining hard-hitting policy analysis with an intimate account of how marginalized women navigate an unforgiving world, Susan Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk shine new light on the deep and complex connections between suffering and social inequality.
