{"id":8613,"date":"2014-07-14T12:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T16:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8613"},"modified":"2014-07-14T12:26:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T16:26:24","slug":"the-criminalization-of-parenthood-radley-balko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/07\/the-criminalization-of-parenthood-radley-balko.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Criminalization of Parenthood&#8221;: Radley Balko"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>again some more:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A couple of\u00a0themes we explore here at The Watch are\u00a0the increasing criminalization of just about everything and the use of the criminal justice system to address problems that were once (and better) handled by families, friends, communities and other institutions. A\u00a0few examples from recent headlines show those themes intersecting with parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>The first story comes from South Carolina, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/story\/25915218\/north-augusta-mother-charged-with-unlawful-conduct-towards-a-child\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">where a mother was\u00a0jailed<\/a> and charged with \u201cunlawful conduct toward a child\u201d for . . . leaving her 9-year-old daughter alone to play in a park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-watch\/wp\/2014\/07\/14\/and-now-the-criminalization-of-parenthood\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>again some more: A couple of\u00a0themes we explore here at The Watch are\u00a0the increasing criminalization of just about everything and the use of the criminal justice system to address problems that were once (and better) handled by families, friends, communities and other institutions. A\u00a0few examples from recent headlines show those themes intersecting with parenthood. 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