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Laws Relating to Sex, Pregnancy, and Infancy

Issues in Criminal Justice

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  • © 2015

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  1. Carmen M. Cusack
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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Sex

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    Pages 1-6

  3. Birth Control

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    Pages 7-17

  4. Fakers

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    Pages 19-32

  5. Baby Snatching

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    Pages 33-37

  6. Animals

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    Pages 39-43

  7. Freedom of Religion

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    Pages 45-64

  8. Food

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    Pages 65-70

  9. Pornography

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    Pages 71-76

  10. Pregnant Criminal Justice Employees

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    Pages 77-83

  11. Civil-Criminal Crossover

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    Pages 85-93

  12. Criminal Justice Environments

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    Pages 95-102

  13. Parental Duty, Child Maltreatment, and State Control

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    Pages 103-112

  14. Pregnant on Drugs

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    Pages 113-124

  15. Parents

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    Pages 125-135

  16. Physical Violence

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    Pages 137-153

  17. Illness

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    Pages 155-162

  18. International and Comparative

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    Pages 163-169

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 171-189
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Laws Relating to Sex, Pregnancy, and Infancy examines case law and legislation in regards to reproduction, pregnancy, and infancy. Cusack explores the winding pathways of legal precedence and action on the social conditions of pregnancy and childbirth, and draws from criminal and court procedures and behavioral science to determine if the law is acting in the best interest of those vulnerable populations. Cusack surveys interpersonal, familial, and societal problems presented throughout history and currently facing contemporary generations, questioning whether the criminal justice system can evolve to support the growing needs of its citizens most in need of legal assistance.

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“Carmen M. Cusack argues that personal, social, governmental, and interpersonal perspectives on pregnancy are contextualized by environmental conditions, such as culture, relative morality, law enforcement, Constitutional rights, and sociopsychology. … Laws Relating to Sex, Pregnancy and Infancy will be immensely valuable as a textbook for students, handbook for scholars, and of general interest to specialists, such as medical and social services practitioners, criminal justice professionals, and people planning to become parents, undoubtedly.” (Journal of Law and Social Deviance, Vol. 10, 2015)

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Carmen M. Cusack is Instructor of Criminal Justice at Nova Southeastern University, USA.

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