{"product_id":"failing-moms-social-condemnation-and-criminalization-of-mothers-paperback-softback-9781509557738","title":"Failing Moms; Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509557738","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFailing Moms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCaitlin Killian (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509557738, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFailing Moms\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force, offering a timely and critical analysis of the myriad ways that mothers are failed by just about everyone. Killian offers compelling and disturbing evidence that American mothers are embattled and exhausted. Happily, she also offers a host of solutions, beginning with valuing mothers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica Casper, San Diego State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book does a breathtaking job of illuminating the ways all women are imperiled by the denigration of mothers. This accepted cruelty is systemic, built into the legal system, state neglect, and social mores and codes with which all women must contend, but none more so than those who become (or who are suspected of becoming) birthing bodies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Baldwin, Tulane University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many claim that being a mom is the most important job in the world, in reality motherhood in the United States is becoming harder. From preconception, through pregnancy, and while parenting, women are held to ever-higher standards and are finding themselves punished – both socially and criminally – for failing to live up to these norms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book uncovers how women of all ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses have been interrogated, held against their will, and jailed for a rapidly expanding list of offenses such as falling down the stairs while pregnant or letting a child spend time alone in a park, actions that were not considered criminal a generation ago. While poor mothers and moms of color are targeted the most, all moms are in jeopardy, whether they realize it or not. Women and mothers are disproportionately held accountable compared to men and fathers who do not see their reproduction policed and almost never incur charges for “failure to protect.” The gendered inequality of prosecutions reveals them to be more about controlling women than protecting children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing a reproductive justice lens, Caitlin Killian analyzes how and why mothers are on a precipice and what must change to prevent mass penalization and instead support mothers and their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Moms Are Bad Moms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePre-Conception Discrimination\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCriminal Pregnancies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Neglectful” Mothers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMothers of Maimed and Murdered Children\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFighting Back, Fighting for the Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472119984408,"sku":"9781509557738","price":17.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509557738.jpg?v=1785717721","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/failing-moms-social-condemnation-and-criminalization-of-mothers-paperback-softback-9781509557738","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}