Criminalized Women and Twelve Step Programs: Addressing Violations of the Law With a Spiritual Cure
Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous hold a uniquely institutionalized status within the United States correctional system. Twelve Step meetings are held in rehabilitation and detoxjfication programs and inside prisons; Courts often mandate Twelve Step participation for parolees; and women w...
| Published in: | Implicit religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2012]
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| In: |
Implicit religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Women
B NARCOTICS Anonymous B Medicalization B Crime B Twelve Step programs B Alcoholics Anonymous B Spiritual Healing B American Religion B WOMEN criminals |
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| Summary: | Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous hold a uniquely institutionalized status within the United States correctional system. Twelve Step meetings are held in rehabilitation and detoxjfication programs and inside prisons; Courts often mandate Twelve Step participation for parolees; and women who have been under correctional supervision may need to show proof of attending Twelve Step meetings in order to regain custody oftheir children. Drawing on four years of fieldwork with a community of criminalized women in Massachusetts, this paper highlights the convergence of cultural categories of illness, crime and sin as well as the interpenetration of social institutions of medicine, law and religion in the United States' response to drug addiction. Arguing that AA/NA should properly be seen as a religious movement, this paper questions common contemporary assumptions regarding non-denominational "spirituality" as a vaguely universal and benign therapeutic modality. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.v15i1.37 |