Download or read book Fathers Prisons and Family Reentry written by William Muth and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fathers, Prisons, and Family Reentry: Presencing as a Framework and Method asks scholars, policy makers, advocates, and practitioners to rethink family reentry in a new light, to seek to understand both the urgent and intolerable loss as well as the real and present potential of families. There are almost one million parents of minor-aged children currently serving time in U.S. prisons—most of them fathers. Based on post-phenomenological analyses, William Muth offers a new framework for conceptualizing family reentry as a present phenomenon. It seeks to reveal the intense ways incarcerated fathers and their families live their present-absence, and draws on these intensities to define a new role for researchers and practitioners: nurturing the potential of families in the here and now. The current situation is intolerable. A credible family reentry approach is urgently needed. This book is an attempt to address these families as they potentially are, and might become, if we would be willing to “meet them half-way,” in the words of the poet Alice Fulton.
Download or read book Holding On written by Tasseli McKay and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holding On reveals the results of an unprecedented ten-year study of justice-involved families, rendering visible the lives of a group of American families whose experiences are too often lost in large-scale demographic research. Using new data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering—a groundbreaking study of almost two thousand families, incorporating a series of couples-based surveys and qualitative interviews over the course of three years—Holding On sheds rich new light on the parenting and intimate relationships of justice-involved men, challenging long-standing boundaries between research on incarceration and on the well-being of low-income families. Boldly proposing that the failure to recognize the centrality of incarcerated men’s roles as fathers and partners has helped to justify a system that removes them from their families and hides that system’s costs to parents, partners, and children, Holding On considers how research that breaks the false dichotomy between offender and parent, inmate and partner, and victim and perpetrator might help to inform a next generation of public policies that truly support vulnerable families.
Download or read book Holding On written by Tasseli McKay and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holding On reveals the results of an unprecedented ten-year study of justice-involved families, rendering visible the lives of a group of American families whose experiences are too often lost in large-scale demographic research. Using new data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering—a groundbreaking study of almost two thousand families, incorporating a series of couples-based surveys and qualitative interviews over the course of three years—Holding On sheds rich new light on the parenting and intimate relationships of justice-involved men, challenging long-standing boundaries between research on incarceration and on the well-being of low-income families. Boldly proposing that the failure to recognize the centrality of incarcerated men’s roles as fathers and partners has helped to justify a system that removes them from their families and hides that system’s costs to parents, partners, and children, Holding On considers how research that breaks the false dichotomy between offender and parent, inmate and partner, and victim and perpetrator might help to inform a next generation of public policies that truly support vulnerable families.
Download or read book Prisoners Once Removed written by Jeremy Travis and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the issues of parenting behind bars and fostering successful family relationships after release.
Download or read book The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children written by Jeffrey Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children of Incarcerated Parents written by Katherine Gabel and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No descriptive material is available for this title.
Download or read book Reentry and Family Reunification written by Luke Muentner and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parental incarceration is as an adverse childhood experience with a host of negative outcomes for children suggesting that, on average, separation due to imprisonment compromises well-being. These findings are troublesome given that this population of youth has grown dramatically over recent decades of mass incarceration. That said, nearly all incarcerated individuals are eventually released, meaning that the millions of children, potentially facing negative outcomes amidst their parents' incarceration, also must navigate the complex experiences of family reunification after jail or prison. Yet, little is known about how children fare when parents are released. This dissertation begins to address this gap by first using qualitative methods to understand adjustment processes for children in the first year of their fathers' release. Next, it quantitatively examines associations of what children know of their parents' incarceration with their post-release socio-emotional well-being. Finally, it uses panel data and regression models with child-specific fixed effects to examine the influence of fathers' recidivism on children's behaviors post-release. In all, it contributes to the literature by documenting children's experiences across the spectrum of parental justice-involvement, extending into the reentry period. Findings across these chapters depict reentry as a meaningful experience for children, like the incarceration itself, that calls for newfound adjustment and coping. The qualitative results detail what this reunification process looks like for children and fathers, finding evidence of continued behavioral, learning, and health-related consequences after paternal incarceration but also that increased father involvement may curb some risk. Next, a series of multivariate regression models document how providing children with more complete information about their parent's incarceration is associated with fewer post-release socio-emotional problems for some children - findings most salient for younger boys and older girls. On the other hand, the fixed effects models highlight the risk that fathers' recidivism presents for children's behavioral well-being. Taken together, this dissertation contributes to the knowledge base of how parental release and reentry is linked to children's well-being. Findings have implications for criminal justice policies, correctional practices, and reentry-related strategies that support previously incarcerated parents and children, alike, thus bolstering outcomes from a strengths-based and social justice-oriented perspective.
Download or read book Parental Incarceration written by Denise Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parental Incarceration makes available personal stories by adults who have had the childhood experience of parental incarceration. These stories help readers better understand the complex circumstances that influence these children’s health and development, as well as their high risk for intergenerational crime and incarceration. Denise Johnston examines her own children’s experience of her incarceration within the context of what the research and her 30 years of practice with prisoners and their children has taught her, arguing that it is imperative to attempt to understand parental incarceration within a developmental framework. Megan Sullivan, a scholar in the Humanities, examines the effects of her father’s incarceration on her family, and underscores the importance of the reentry process for families. The number of arrested, jailed, and imprisoned persons in the United States has increased since 1960, most dramatically between 1985 and 2000. As the majority of these incarcerated persons are parents, the number of minor children with an incarcerated parent has increased alongside, peaking at an estimated 2.9 million in 2006. The impact of the experience of parental incarceration has garnered attention by researchers, but to date attention has been focused on the period when parents are actually in jail or prison. This work goes beyond that to examine the developmental impact of children’s experiences that extend long beyond that timeframe. A valuable resource for students in corrections, human services, social work, counseling, and related courses, as well as practitioners, program/agency administrators, policymakers, advocates, and others involved with families of the incarcerated, this book is testimony that the consequences of mass incarceration reach far beyond just the offender.
Download or read book But They All Come Back written by Jeremy Travis and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 2005 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iron law of imprisonment is that “they all come back”. In 2002, more than 630,000 individuals left U.S. federal and state prisons. Thirty years ago, only 150,000 did. In this study, Travis decribes the new realities of imprisonment, and explores the impact of returning prisoners on seven policy domains: public safety, families and children, work, housing, public health, civic identity, and community capacity. Travis proposes a new architecture for the criminal justice system, organized around five principles of reentry, to encourage change and spur innovation.
Download or read book Prison Fathers written by Latif Bossman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a memoir charting the journey of an incarcerated African American father faced with the dilemma of parenting from prison. Coping with the loss of his freedom and struggling to find ways to continue to communicate with his children, provide for them financially, manage stress, provide emotional support, and dealing with the addition of new children. Hundreds of miles away from his children, family and friends, removed from a life of so-called normalcy to one filled with so much uncertainty. Still faced with issues like abandonment, acceptance and visitation are other struggles he must also face in this new world as an incarcerated father. Through all that was a struggle became strength. With an undying love for his children, his energy was focused in continuing to fulfill his duties as a father. With the help of family, friends, community and a desire to truly be a better father, he was able to remain a staple in the fabric of his children's lives until his release from incarceration.
Download or read book Heading Home written by International Community Corrections Association and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people assume when offenders return from prison, their life picks up as before their incarceration. This is far from the truth. The incarceration process affects the offender and the family. How can you best prepare the offender and family for this reunion? Heading Home has the answer. Chapters include: Parent Education for Incarcerated Parents: Understanding What Works; Families, Prisoners and Community Reentry; Children of Prisoners; What Works in the Treatment of Family Violence in Correctional Populations; The Viability of Mentoring; and What Works in Faith Based Programs.
Download or read book Tell Me about When Moms and Dads Come Home from Jail written by Judi Goozh and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Is it easy to come home after being in jail?" Ideal for use with children aged 6-11, this is a vital resource for supporting the wellbeing of children whose parent is coming home after spending time in prison. Using plain language and photographs, it reassures children and guides them through adjusting to their parent's homecoming. It explains which feelings the child and both parents might experience and the different challenges that everyone in the family might face, while suggesting ways to build new bonds with the parent. Included are activities to help children manage their feelings, tips for parents and professionals on how best to support them, and a list of resources for additional help and information.
Download or read book Incarceration and the Family written by and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the current research that addresses issues concerning incarcerated men, their partner and parenting relationships, and the policies and programs that may assist them in their rehabilitation in prison and after release. The number of individuals involved in the criminal justice system is at a historic high. More stringent sentencing standards for felons, harsher laws on drug-related activity, and more aggressive prosecution practices have combined to bring an unprecedented number of Americans under correctional supervision. Over the last 25 years, the number of incarcerated persons has increased four-fold. Most individuals leave behind intimate partners and children when they go to prison, and this separation can have negative repercussions on family life. Examined in this book are the social policies that address the intersection of incarceration and family life that have emerged at the federal, state, and local levels.
Download or read book Parent to Parent Raising Children from Prison written by William J. Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parent to Parent: Raising Children from Prison entails the painful and real emotions a parent experiences while incarcerated and separated from their children. The book explains how an incarcerated parent must discover, find, and explore himself before he can be beneficial to his children. It involves the personal sharing of the author's story, and how he used many resources including, but not limited to, self-reflection and self-examination in order to overcome the many past hurts he experienced. He discusses the importance of maintaining mental and physical health, how to achieve it, and in other chapters, he discusses the difference between discipline and punishment, the importance of communication, and healing, forgiveness, and love. Also, the author offers more in-depth discussions as well as techniques and ideas of how parents can be actively involved with their children while incarcerated. Once a parent begins to make changes in his/her own life, then they can begin to make a positive influence in their children's lives. In addition, the author has provided a recommended reading list as well as examples of some of his own correspondence while incarcerated between himself and his children. Also added is a chart of "ages and growth stages for children" as well as a list of support groups for incarcerated parents.
Download or read book Handbook of Family Literacy written by Barbara H. Wasik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Family Literacy, 2e, provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of family literacy of any available book. It documents the need for literacy education for children and parents, describes early literacy and math development within the home, analyses interventions in home and center settings, and examines the issues faced by fathers and women with low literacy skills. Cultural issues are examined especially those for Hispanic, African American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, and migrant populations. Noted experts throughout the United States, Canada, England, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa analyze the commonalities and differences of family literacy across cultures and families. Key features include the following. Comprehensive – Provides updated information on the relation between early childhood literacy development, parenting education, and intervention services. Research Focus – Provides an extensive review of experimental studies, including national reviews and meta-analyses on family literacy. Practice Focus – Provides a comprehensive treatment of family literacy interventions necessary for program developers, policy makers, and researchers. Diversity Focus – Provides detailed information on cultural and diversity issues for guiding interventions, policy, and research. International Focus – Provides an international perspective on family literacy services that informs program developers, researchers, and policy makers across countries. Evaluation Focus – Provides detailed guidelines for ensuring program quality and fidelity and a valuable new evaluation perspective based on implementation science. This book is essential reading for anyone – researchers, program developers, students, practitioners, and policy makers – who needs to be knowledgeable about intervention issues, family needs, program developments, and research outcomes in family literacy.
Download or read book Children of the Prison Boom written by Sara Wakefield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children of the Prison Boom describes the devastating effects of America's experiment in mass incarceration for a generation of vulnerable children. Wakefield and Wildeman find that parental imprisonment leads to increased mental health and behavioral problems, infant mortality, and child homelessness which translate into large-scale increases in racial inequality.
Download or read book Imprisoned Fathers and Their Children written by Gwyneth Boswell and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 125,000 children in the UK alone are 'sentenced' to separation from their imprisoned parents. This book draws on extensive research and experience to examine the effect this kind of separation can have on the emotional development of a child and on family relationships. They make suggestions for work with prisoners and families.
