The construction of the crack babies phenomenon as a social problem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9053814 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Lyons (0000-0003-2742-3436, Georgia State University), Barbara Rittner (University of Georgia) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 313-320 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/h0080340 |
| PMID | 9589769 |
| OpenAlex | W2062524626 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
Early negative findings on cocaine-exposed newborns engendered widespread media and public perceptions of a causal link between poor mothers' substance use and serious problems in their offspring. Despite later research questioning the prevalence of the problems and implicating other environmental and economic factors, these mothers were stigmatized and criminalized, and their children precipitously removed from their care. This paper reviews the process by which this came about and urges a more balanced and complex view of the problem
Criminology · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Offspring · Perception · Phenomenon · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Social issues · Social phenomenon · Social science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
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| Citations per year | 0.62 |
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| Citation span | 2000 - 2023 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |