Article
Re-creating a vision of motherhood: Therapeutic Drug Court and the narrative
Qualitative Social Work
(2012)
Abstract
The experience of mothering for women recovering from drug abuse in the criminal justice system is a serious issue. This article describes a study nested in a multi-method community participatory project to improve the services of the Therapeutic Drug Court (TDC) for citizens in our community. Interviews with felonious female offenders with minor children completing a TDC and mental health associates who work with them were analyzed using an interpretive phenomenological approach in the Heideggerian tradition. Findings revealed that mothers could reclaim a vision of parenting with or without their children, with help. This article shows how this reclamation occurs.
Keywords
- Hermeneutics,
- mental health,
- phenomenology,
- substance abuse,
- women
Disciplines
Publication Date
2012
DOI
10.1177/1473325012447591
Citation Information
Roxanne Vandermause, Billie M. Severtsen and John Roll. "Re-creating a vision of motherhood: Therapeutic Drug Court and the narrative" Qualitative Social Work Vol. 12 Iss. 5 (2012) p. 620 - 636 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/roxanne-vandermause/31/