Neither villain nor victim : empowerment and agency among women substance abusers / edited by Tammy L. Anderson.

Other author Anderson, Tammy L., 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxv, 226 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Women drug addicts.
Female offenders--Drug use.
Women prisoners--Drug use.
Female offenders--Rehabilitation.
Women prisoners--Rehabilitation.
Drug abuse--Prevention.
Drug abuse--Treatment.

SeriesCritical issues in crime and society
Critical issues in crime and society. ^A696879
Contents Dimensions of women's power in the illicit drug economy / Tammy L. Anderson -- Seeing women, power, and drugs through the lens of embodiment / Elizabeth Ettorre -- Demonstrating a female-specific agency and empowerment in drug selling / R. Baskin and Ira Sommers -- Negotiating the streets : women, power, and resistance in street-life social networks / Christopher W. Mullins -- Women's agency in the context of drug use / Yasmina Katsulis and Kim M. Blankenship -- Facilitating change for women? : exploring the role of therapeutic jurisprudence in drug court / Christine A. Saum and Allison R. Gray -- Negotiating gender for couples in methadone maintenance treatment / Margaret Kelley -- A spoonful of sugar? : treating women in prison / Margaret S. Malloch -- More of a danger to myself : community reentry of dually diagnosed females involved with the criminal justice system / Stephanie W. Hartwell -- "Hustling" to save women's lives : empowerment strategies of recovering HIV-positive women / Michelle Tracy Berger -- Drug use, prostitution, and globalization : a modest proposal for rethinking policy / Phyllis Coontz and Cate Greibel.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007019963
ISBN9780813542089 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813542081 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813542096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN081354209X (pbk. : alk. paper)