Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis
Author:   Kimberly Sue
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   46
ISBN:  

9780520293212


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   24 September 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration, and the American Opioid Crisis


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Author:   Kimberly Sue
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   46
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780520293212


ISBN 10:   0520293215
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   24 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author’s Note 1 Introduction: “It’s Just Part of the Game” 2 The Beauty Shop and the Segregation Unit 3 Heroin Is My Counselor 4 Discipline, Punish, and Treat Trauma? 5 Where Medicine Is Contraband 6 Recovery Is My Job Now 7 Life and Death after Jail 8 Conclusion: Breaking “Wicked Bad Habits” Notes References Index

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In this volume [Sue] offers an eye-opening account of the gendered dimensions of the 'War on Drugs.'-Highly recommended * CHOICE *


""In this volume [Sue] offers an eye-opening account of the gendered dimensions of the 'War on Drugs.'—Highly recommended"" * CHOICE * ""Sue demonstrates empathy for the women she has come to know, as well as realism regarding the harshness of their circumstances."" * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *


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Kimberly Sue, MD, PhD, is the Medical Director at Harm Reduction Coalition, a national nonprofit organization working to improve the lives and health of people who use drugs. She completed her studies at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Anthropology at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and completed her medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in internal medicine, with a focus on primary care and addiction. She also sees patients at the Rikers Island jail system in New York.  

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