Book contents
- Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care
- Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I A Problem, a Solution, and a Quick Dive into History and Theory
- 1 Creating a Crime to Create Care
- 2 Defining the Problem
- 3 Historical and Theoretical Roots
- Part II Care As a Smokescreen
- Part III Criminalized Care
- Part IV Rejecting Criminalization and Reconceptualizing the Relationship between Punishment and Care
- Index
1 - Creating a Crime to Create Care
from Part I - A Problem, a Solution, and a Quick Dive into History and Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 August 2022
- Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care
- Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I A Problem, a Solution, and a Quick Dive into History and Theory
- 1 Creating a Crime to Create Care
- 2 Defining the Problem
- 3 Historical and Theoretical Roots
- Part II Care As a Smokescreen
- Part III Criminalized Care
- Part IV Rejecting Criminalization and Reconceptualizing the Relationship between Punishment and Care
- Index
Summary
Tennessee’s fetal assault law was originally proposed in the spring of 2013. It became law about a year later, in the spring of 2014. It remained in effect until June 30, 2016. The law was proposed again in the spring of 2019, but that proposal did not make it out of committee. Although the United States has a long history of prosecuting women for this conduct, Tennessee’s law was the first and, as of this writing, the only state law of its kind in the United States.2 Before moving on to how the law was justified by those who supported it, we first need to understand some information about how the law was structured. This chapter begins with that information and then moves into the hearing rooms where the fetal assault law was debated.
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- Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care , pp. 13 - 24Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022