Institutional Relational Maintenance Barriers and Perceptions of Relationship Quality Among Women With Incarcerated Partners

High rates of incarceration in the United States has prompted researchers to study the impacts of imprisonment on romantic relationships and minor children. We examine the relationship between several prison facility barriers to relational maintenance and perceptions of relationship quality from the...

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Main Author: Durante, Katherine A. (Author)
Contributors: Phillips Meertins, Jasmine Rene ; Tadros, Eman
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2024, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 788-811
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Keywords:
communication barriers
incarcerated couples
Incarceration
justice-involved families
relational maintenance
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Summary:High rates of incarceration in the United States has prompted researchers to study the impacts of imprisonment on romantic relationships and minor children. We examine the relationship between several prison facility barriers to relational maintenance and perceptions of relationship quality from the perspective of women whose male romantic, coparenting partners are incarcerated. Using data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering (MFS-IP) and binomial logistic regression, we find that the high costs of phone calls and difficulty of in-person visitation negatively impact how women perceive romantic relationship quality. These findings suggest that alleviating barriers to contact can help strengthen couples? relationships.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/00111287221113304