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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-10110703017X
ISBN-139781107030176
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038654280
Product Key Features
Number of Pages334 Pages
Publication NamePolicing the Womb : Invisible Women and the Criminal Costs of Motherhood
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCivil Rights, Pregnancy & Childbirth, General, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichele Goodwin
Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Health & Fitness, Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight22.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2019-029318
Reviews'This book should be in all women and gender studies collections from undergraduate through graduate levels, and it will be of special significance in the disciplines of law and criminal justice.' Pamela Salela, A Feminist Review
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.420973
Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. Pregnancy and state power: prosecuting fetal endangerment; 3. Creeping criminalization of pregnancy across the United States; 4. Abortion law; 5. Changing roles of doctors and nurses: hospital snitches and police informants; 6. Revisiting the fiduciary relationship; 7. Creating criminals: race, stereotypes, and collateral damage; 8. The pregnancy penalty: when the state gets it wrong; 9. Policing beyond the border; 10. Lessons for law and society: a reproductive justice New Deal or Bill of Rights; 11. Conclusion.
SynopsisThis book tells the hidden story of the criminalization of pregnant women, including how doctors reveal women's confidential medical history to law enforcement and prosecutors, and how states increasingly enact laws that criminalize all manner of conduct during pregnancy., In Policing the Womb, Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment, incarceration, and humiliation of women, particularly poor women and women of color. Frequently based on unscientific claims of endangering a fetus, these laws allow extraordinary powers to state authorities over reproductive freedom and pregnancies. In this book, Michele Goodwin discusses real examples of women whose pregnancies have been controlled by the law and what has led to the United States being the deadliest country in the developed world for a woman to be pregnant.
LC Classification NumberHQ766.5.U5G65 2020
