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Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families
Publication year:
2004
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The adverse impacts of drug policies on women and their families are documented. Sections of this report are: executive summary; women and drugs -- defining the problem; the historical context of drug policies; today's drug laws -- widening the net; the impact of incarceration on women, children, and families; and conclusion and final recommendations. "Women's incarceration for drug offenses not only fails to address the issues which likely contributed to their involvement with drugs, it often exacerbates them" (p. iii).