Addicted to rehab : race, gender, and drugs in the era of mass incarceration /
Sociologist Allison McKim gives an in-depth and innovative ethnographic account of two women's rehab programs, one located in the criminal justice system and one located in the private healthcare system--two very different ways of defining and treating addiction. Her study ultimately reveals a...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
[2017]
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Series: | Critical issues in crime and society.
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Summary: | Sociologist Allison McKim gives an in-depth and innovative ethnographic account of two women's rehab programs, one located in the criminal justice system and one located in the private healthcare system--two very different ways of defining and treating addiction. Her study ultimately reveals a two-tiered system, bifurcated by race and class. Â Â |
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Item Description: | Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813587653 0813587654 9780813587646 9780813590615 0813587646 0813590612 |