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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453064303321

Autore

Raphael Jody

Titolo

Freeing Tammy [[electronic resource] ] : women, drugs, and incarceration / / Jody Raphael

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Northeastern University Press

Hanover, N.H., : Published by University Press of New England, c2007

ISBN

1-55553-835-5

1-299-13214-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law

The women, poverty, and violence trilogy

Disciplina

365/.43092

Soggetti

Abused women - United States

Women - Drug use - United States

Female offenders - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Betrayal -- Trial -- County jail -- Prison -- Numbing -- Minimum security -- Terrence alone -- The basement -- Forgetting -- Out of the basement -- Epilogue : back to county.

Sommario/riassunto

The latest volume in the popular trilogy of books about women, poverty, and violence