Can't Catch a Break
Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility| By: | Prof. Susan Starr Sered; Prof. Maureen Norton-Hawk |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780520282797 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780520958708 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2014 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.
As an additional teaching tool, instructors can find updates about the women in Can't Catch a Break on Susan's blog at http://susan.sered.name/blog/category/cant-catch-a-break/.