Wicked Bad Habits: Governing Women in the Carceral-Therapeutic State in Massachusetts

Wicked Bad Habits: Governing Women in the Carceral-Therapeutic State in Massachusetts

In this dissertation, I focus on the social response of criminalization and incarceration to the problem of heroin use among women in Massachusetts in the ongoing era of the United States' "War on Drugs." Based on fieldwork conducted between 2010-2014, I argue that the convergence of...

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Main Author: Sue, Kimberly Lauren
Other Authors: Kleinman, Arthur Michael
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
Subjects:
Cultural anthropology
Medicine
Public health
Addiction
Drug Treatment
Heroin
Incarceration
Psychopharmaceuticals
Women
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11343
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274131

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http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274131

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