Misconceiving Mothers

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One      Discovering "Crack Babies": The News Media and Medical Science

Two      Lawmaking and the Making of  a  Social Problem

Three   The Politics of Pregnancy: Institutionalizing Prenatal Drug Exposure

Four      Claims-making in the Criminal Justice System: Prosecutors on "Crack Babies"

Five       Making Sense of the Gap Between Prosecutors' Rhetoric and Their Responses

Conclusion

Appendix A: A Note on Methodology

Notes

Bibliography

Index