Holding on: family and fatherhood during incarceration and reentry

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Returning incarcerated fathers to the family -- "Always having hope" : what we (didn't) know about fatherhood and incarceration -- "I do, but I don't, know where we are" : couple relationships during incarceration and reentry -- "None of the above" : unravelin...

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Authors: McKay, Tasseli 1978- (Author) ; Comfort, Megan 1970- (Author) ; Lindquist, Christine 1970- (Author) ; Bir, Anupa (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Male prisoners > Family relationships > United States
Prisoners' families
Fathers > Effect of imprisonment on
Strafgefangener > Vater > Kind > Familienbeziehung
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Returning incarcerated fathers to the family -- "Always having hope" : what we (didn't) know about fatherhood and incarceration -- "I do, but I don't, know where we are" : couple relationships during incarceration and reentry -- "None of the above" : unraveling complexity, ambivalence, and the limitations of research to understand abuse in justice-involved couples -- To be in jail for 10 years, change ain't going to happen overnight" : operationalizing reentry success -- "A breakthrough type of thing" : quantifying (and qualifying) the impact of family strengthening programs during incarceration and reentry -- On the horizon : the social science of incarceration and family life.
"Holding On: Family and Fatherhood during Incarceration and Reentry draws on new data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering to challenge long-standing boundaries between research on incarceration and on the well-being of low-income families. It proposes 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"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:xii, 212 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780520305243
9780520305250