The Trapped Woman: Catch-22 in Deviance and Control (SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services) - Softcover

Figueira-Mcdonough, Josefina; Sarri, Rosemary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803926154 ISBN 13: 9780803926158

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1987

Synopsis

The Trapped Woman examines the ways in which gender-based definitions of deviant behaviour affect the treatment of women and their access to resources in contemporary society. The contributors argue that many of the standards that define `normal′ behaviour for men paradoxically label the same behaviour `deviant′ for women. The policy implications of such gender-based definitions are examined with reference to mental health, drug use, crime, poverty and single parent families, employment and physical health areas.

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About the Author

Josefina Figueira-McDonough, Ph.D., is professor emerita of Social Work and of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. Trained in social work and sociology at the University of Michigan, she has taught in both fields at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Vanderbilt University. She has lectured and/or conducted research in Puerto Rico, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Ireland. Her work on social justice has focused on deviance and control, the ecology of poverty, policy outcomes, community analysis and curricula. This research has been supported by federal, state, and private grants and disseminated in social science as well as in social work journals. She is presently on the board of two international and interdisciplinary journals, Social Intervention and Social Compass, and is a member of the book committee of the National Association of Social Workers. Her most recent books include Community Analysis and Praxis: Toward a Grounded Civil Society (Brunner-Routledge, 2001), Serviço Social: Profissão e Identidade, with A. Negreiros, A. Martins and B. Henriques (Veras Editora, 2000), and Women at the Margins: Neglect, Punishment and Resistance, edited with Rosemary Sarri (Howard Press, 2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803926154
• ISBN 13: 9780803926158
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 468