The authors examine the development of reproductive rights, a law-focused movement, and
reproductive justice, a social justice–aimed movement that emphasizes intersecting social …

Each year, US child protection authorities investigate millions of families, disproportionately
poor families and families of color. These investigations involve multiple home visits to …

A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant observation and analysis. In-
depth interviews and close observation are essential to the work of social scientists, but …

The measles outbreak at Disneyland in December 2014 spread to a half-dozen US states
and sickened 147 people. It is just one recent incident that the medical community blames …

Neoliberal cultural frames of individual choice inform mothers' accounts of why they refuse
state-mandated vaccines for their children. Using interviews with 25 mothers who reject …

How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court—and denies
justice to the poor and to working-class people of color The number of Americans arrested …

Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation's jails every year. What happens to
them as they carry their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In this time when the public …

Punitive and disciplinary forms of governance disproportionately target low-income Black
Americans for surveillance and punishment, and research finds far-reaching consequences …

Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines
major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its …

Since the 1980s, when the War on Drugs kicked into high gear and prison populations
soared, the increase in women's rate of incarceration has steadily outpaced that of men. As …