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
2 - Defining the Problem
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
Fox News called them The Tiniest Addicts.1 Living in East Tennessee, the billboards and posters are everywhere – in the courthouse, along the highway, and in the grocery store. The image you see is a close-up of two tiny white feet, held stiffly flexed. Around the arch of the right foot is a grey, rubber-looking strap connected to thin tubes that travel beyond the border of the photo. On the left ankle is a blue hospital band, folded over itself several times to accommodate the tiny limb. In bold, centered text: A Baby’s Life Shouldn’t Begin with Detox. Other images you see in press coverage: overwhelmed neonatal intensive care nurses and white infants abandoned into the arms of beneficent elderly volunteer cuddlers. The sounds too are front and center: shrill, persistent cries that nurses say are a sure tell that the infant is withdrawing.
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- Prosecuting Poverty, Criminalizing Care , pp. 25 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022