Book Review: In our hands: The struggle for U.S. child care policy

Abstract

informed and female-specific. While the book succeeds with contextualizing the lives of women in the criminal justice system in terms of experiences with trauma and loss, exploitative relationships, and addiction issues, there is little exploration of the intersectionality of gender with race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability. Providing a critical lens on how systems of oppression intersect to result in further disenfranchisement would have made for an even greater book. In addition, those who seek a guide to developing a similar curriculum will have to seek the information elsewhere. The book makes a strong contribution to locating female criminality amid tragic circumstances, abuse, discrimination, and inequalities. Release of the women's stories could inform social work practice through the attention to the environmental forces that contribute to problems in living. As the accounts act to emphasize the importance of valuing the dignity and worth of the person, the book would be a useful addition to the reading list of forensic social work students, practitioners, and educators.