... addicts, immoral criminals, bad mothers and self-medicating victims of abuse. At the same time, they saw themselves as ‘normal’ rational, free agents who wanted to be counselled, saved, educated and employed. The chapter also explores how within the women’s psychosocial accounts there were traces...

.... It also engages with the NEP 2020 recommendations on the use of mother tongue (home language or regional language) as the medium of instruction, and how this reflects the government’s Hindu nationalist agenda. AAP Aam Aadmi Party capacity building Chandigarh Delhi education reforms AAP led enrolment...

...This chapter presents the findings of the analysis in relation to Mary Ann Cotton’s social roles and the institutional domain in which these roles were situated. For example, in relation to the institution of the family, her roles as a wife and mother are explored and in relation to the economy...

.... It suggests a symbiotic dance of nature and nurture, achieved through the ministering of the mother. It shares with object relations theory an emphasis on the infant's relationship with the ‘primary object’, but these ideas are combined with those from cognitive psychology, cybernetics (control systems theory...

... L personal life concept Smart C individualism intended family model Velleman D Slynn Lord parents parenthood adoption child welfare model of parenthood labour based model of parenthood mothers motherhood women Hursthouse R surrogacy Hill J intentional parent model sexual relations...

...This chapter will draw on the authors’ research to discuss the experiences of pregnant mothers in custody. It will discuss the women’s experiences of access to antenatal support, food, experiences of external appointments and birth as imprisoned mothers. It will detail in the mothers’ voices what...

...This chapter is co-authored by Samantha Harkness, Michelle Wright and Kirsty Kitchen; three members of the charity Birth Companions, which has specialised in supporting and advocating for pregnant women and new mothers in contact with the criminal justice system for more than 25 years. Samantha...

...By viewing mothering as a multifaceted concept that comprises both mundane practice and symbolic meaning, this chapter explores the processes through which the identity of a good mother is shaped among older Iranian Muslim women by hegemonic gender norms, and how these women, in turn, express...

...Does having a mother who is successful in her career benefit girls? Does it lead them to have higher aspirations for their own careers, and, if so, do those ambitions translate into career success? This book looks at these questions and more, using case studies of women who are at the tops...

... of institutions for women and children in Ireland, directing the reader to sources to explore this theme in further depth. This next section focuses on the ‘received history’ of child welfare in Ireland. This is followed by a commentary on the Final Report of the Commission of investigation into the Mother...

...This chapter provides insight into the current context and landscape surrounding pregnancy, new motherhood and criminal justice. It highlights the dangers and consequences of incarcerated pregnancy and forced separation from newborn babies as an imprisoned mother. Birth Companions Children Heard...

...Chapter 2 provides an overview of the research context in which contemporary drug policy has emerged by examining early constructions of female drug users in academic discourse, for instance as pathological or as bad mothers. It is argued that academic or ‘expert’ discourses help to identify...

...In this chapter the focus is the emotions of disgust and contempt that are discernible in newspaper accounts of the mothers, families and communities of children who die from extreme abuse or neglect. Drawing on critical moral panic theory, the chapter argues that media coverage reflects wider...

...This chapter looks back on the process of becoming a mother, as women come to understand the visions they had — of motherhood as a bed of roses, of birth as agony or ecstasy, of pregnancy as a flowering or a burden. After the event these images are brought sharply into focus by the contrast medium...

...Data on juvenile offenders shows that almost all adult offenders are juvenile offenders, and almost all serious adult drug users are juvenile users. The groups of children most at risk of drug taking include the homeless, young people abused through prostitution, teenage mothers, and young people...

.... The amount of time fathers spend with their children has increased, and increasingly they take it for granted that they will spend this time together. It is also noted that the mother is emerging as a problem, the father as a victim. The power resource is embedded in the concept of equality. The hegemonic...

...This chapter discusses how, in addition to formal foster care in families, some state child welfare institutions also provide alternative care in family groups with a paid house mother on the site of the institution. This type of alternative care raises questions about whether this grouping...

...In most European countries, the age of mother at first birth has reached and all time high. In most of these countries, the number of women who never give birth and the childless rate has reached the highest level since the Second World War. It is argued that economic reasons underpin...

...This book examines the cultural politics of parent-blame in Britain, or more precisely, mother-blame, arguing that the manufacture and circulation of ‘bad parents’ is part of a social, cultural and political rubric that is at once gendered and gendering. It begins with the premise that parent-blame...

... is restricted and mediated by criminal justice policies and processes. The chapter then focuses on the caregivers' experiences of navigating the criminal justice system (CJS) as they followed the mother through court and into prison. There are four main sections: caregivers' experiences of court processes...