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020 a| 9780520282780 (Cloth);

020 a| 0520282787 (Cloth);

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050 00 a| HQ1439.B7b| S47 2014;

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100 1 a| Sered, Susan Starre| author.=| ^A335579;

245 10 a| Can't catch a break :b| gender, jail, drugs and the limits of personal responsibility /c| Susan Starr Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk.;

264 1 a| Oakland, California :b| University of California Press,c| [2014];

300 a| xiii, 216 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| unmediatedb| nc2| rdamedia;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 181- 202) and index.;

520 a| "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"--Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| "Joey spit on me" : how gender inequality and sexual violence make women sick -- "Nowhere to go" : poverty, homelessness, and the limits of personal responsibility -- "The Little Rock of the north" : race, gender, class, and the consequences of mass incarceration -- Suffer the women : pain and perfection in a medicalized world -- "It's all in my head" : suffering, PTSD, and the triumph of the therapeutic -- Higher powers : the unholy alliance of religion, self-help ideology, and the State -- "Suffer the children" : fostering the caste of the ill and afflicted -- Gender, drugs, and jail : "a system designed for us to fail" -- Conclusion : the real questions and a blueprint for moving forward.;

700 1 a| Norton-Hawk, Maureen,e| author.=| ^A1257860;

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Can't catch a break : gender, jail, drugs and the limits of personal responsibility / Susan Starr Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk.

Author/creator	Sered, Susan Starr author.
Other author	Norton-Hawk, Maureen, author.
Format	Book
Publication	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
Description	xiii, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Abused women--Massachusetts. --Boston. --Social conditions. Female offenders--Massachusetts. --Boston. --Social conditions. Women drug addicts--Massachusetts. --Boston. --Social conditions. Responsibility--Social aspects. --Massachusetts. --Boston.

Contents	"Joey spit on me" : how gender inequality and sexual violence make women sick -- "Nowhere to go" : poverty, homelessness, and the limits of personal responsibility -- "The Little Rock of the north" : race, gender, class, and the consequences of mass incarceration -- Suffer the women : pain and perfection in a medicalized world -- "It's all in my head" : suffering, PTSD, and the triumph of the therapeutic -- Higher powers : the unholy alliance of religion, self-help ideology, and the State -- "Suffer the children" : fostering the caste of the ill and afflicted -- Gender, drugs, and jail : "a system designed for us to fail" -- Conclusion : the real questions and a blueprint for moving forward.
Abstract	"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"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181- 202) and index.
LCCN	2014011744
ISBN	9780520282780 (Cloth)
ISBN	0520282787 (Cloth)
ISBN	9780520282797 (Paper)
ISBN	0520282795 (Paper)

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