RT Article
T1 Community Reintegration Among Prisoners With Child Support Obligations: An Examination of Debt, Needs, and Service Receipt:
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 28
IS 9
SP 896
OP 917
A1 Roman, Caterina Gouvis 1966-
A2 Link, Nathan W.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1725688697
AB In line with emerging work on the role of fatherhood in prisoner reentry, this study directs attention to the financial obligations that connect fathers to their families in reentry. Specifically, the study provides a descriptive picture of soon-to-be-released male state prisoners with child support obligations using a multi-state, longitudinal dataset, and examines whether characteristics of incarcerated men with child support orders and associated debt are significantly different from incarcerated males without child support orders. Whether males attached to comprehensive reentry programs received more services related to their debt obligation after prison release compared with non-program participants is also analyzed. Findings show that although prisoners identify having substantial needs vis-à-vis child support obligations, few reported receiving assistance related to these needs upon release. However, reentry program participants received significantly more child support-related services than non-program participants. Implications for community services and support for returning prisoners with child support orders and related needs are discussed.
K1 Criminal justice debt
K1 Fathers
K1 Legal financial obligations
K1 Prisoner reentry
DO 10.1177/0887403415611460