Punishment vs. Treatment

The punishment or treatment of addictive pregnant women and the risk of mental illness on their unborn child are very controversial issues in social work today(Young, 1996, 33). Should child-removal or time in a correctional facility punish substance abusing pregnant women, or should they be sentenced to a type of addiction treatment program? Does maternal substance abuse fall under the categories of child abuse and neglect? These questions, along with other ambiguous problems will be discussed …

…until then any help is good help. Bibliography Altman, Nancy, and Tremblay, Horton C. (1998). The effects of parenatal involvement laws and the AIDS epidemic on the pregnancy and abortion rates of minors. Social Science Quarterly, 79, no. 4, 847-862. Skoe, Eva E., and Diessner, Rhett (1996). Ethnic of care, justice, identity, and gender: an extension and replication. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 40, no. 2, 272- 289. Young, Iris Marion (1996). Punishment, treatment, empowerment: three approaches to policy for pregnant addicts. Feminist Studies, 20, no. 1, 33-57.