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Cocaine-Exposed Infants - Social, Legal, and Public Health Issues (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,746
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Cocaine-Exposed Infants - Social, Legal, and Public Health Issues (Hardcover): James A Inciardi, Hilary L. Surratt, Christine A...

Cocaine-Exposed Infants - Social, Legal, and Public Health Issues (Hardcover)

James A Inciardi, Hilary L. Surratt, Christine A Saum

Series: Drugs, Health, and Social Policy

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Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interactive, and less able to bond than other children. "Crack babies," in particular, were believed to be less attentive and less able to focus on specific tasks than nonexposed children. Research concluded that these conditions were irreversible and that no amount of special attention or educational programs could turn these cocaine-exposed infants into well-functioning and adjusted children. Methodological problems in these early studies, combined with the fact that cocaine using mothers abuse other drugs as well, have left the research and public health communities uncertain about the cause and effect relationship between cocaine use and pre- and postnatal consequences. Cocaine-Exposed Infants examines what is known about the problem and unravels some of the contradictions in the extant literature. The authors also explore in-depth the media frenzy over so-called crack babies and the resulting legislation that served to criminalize drug use during pregnancy. For researchers, academics, health care providers, and mental health and legal professionals/practitioners, Cocaine-Exposed Infants provides state-of-the-art information in a field now entering its second generation of research. The book is also an excellent supplementary text for courses in criminal justice, corrections, policing, drug/alcohol studies, psychology, public health, and nursing.

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Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin: United States
Series: Drugs, Health, and Social Policy
Release date: June 1997
First published: April 1997
Authors: James A Inciardi • Hilary L. Surratt • Christine A Saum
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 978-0-8039-7086-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
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LSN: 0-8039-7086-2
Barcode: 9780803970861

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