This manuscript provides an overview of the current scientific literature on the impact of
maternal drug use, specifically opioids and cocaine, during pregnancy on the acute and …

Children's emotional and relational development can be negatively influenced by maternal
substance abuse, particularly through a dysfunctional caregiving environment. Attachment …

The new 2022 edition of the most widely taught deviance text brings us into a changing
political era. A new chapter on political deviance includes a section that defines political …

This thoroughly revised and updated reference addresses the drugs and chemicals causing
malformations and congenital anomalies in the human fetus-comprehensively reviewing …

Objective. This was a prospective longitudinal multisite study of the effects of prenatal
cocaine and/or opiate exposure on neurodevelopmental outcome in term and preterm …

The detrimental effects of organophosphate pesticide (OP) exposure on neurodevelopment
have been shown in animals. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between in …

Like other descriptors such as socioeconomic status or parental depression that are used to
denote a potential high-risk condition for impairments in parenting, the term substance …

Background: A very large number of women in the reproductive age group consume
cocaine, leading to grave concerns regarding the long term health of millions of children …

Corrections: A Critical Approach, 3rd edition confronts mass imprisonment in the United
States, a nation boasting the highest incarceration rate in the world. This statistic is all the …

Abstract Effects on fetal growth and neonatal behavior of cocaine and alcohol use in
pregnancy were investigated in infants born to women in a low-income, predominantly black …