Chantal Fahmy
Biographic Data
| ID | 300754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chantal Fahmy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chantal |
| FAMILY NAME | Fahmy |
| SIGNATURE | FAHMY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6010-8457 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Relationship Between Incarcerated Fathers and Their Children: Perceptions of Fatherhood Attitudes and Parenting Skills
Parental incarceration affects the whole family system, especially impacting incarcerated fathers who sustain damaged relationships with their children after release. Roughly 2.7 million children a year in the United States suffer from the traumatic imprisonment of their father. Our research explores the fathers’ perceptions of their relationship with their child by using the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering dat…
Prior incarceration and functional limitation trajectories in older adults
INTRODUCTION: Functional limitations are a key indicator of ageing, associated with quality of life, independence and the need for caregiving and long-term support. Research shows that formerly incarcerated older adults have more functional limitations than those who have never been incarcerated, yet there is a lack of research on prior incarceration and changes in functional limitations over time. METHODS: Data come from 8377 adults aged ≥55 who…
What if They Are All High-Risk for Attrition? Correlates of Retention in a Longitudinal Study of Reentry from Prison
Longitudinal data are essential to research in criminology and criminal justice. Despite attrition’s implications for validity, understanding its sources is underexplored empirically. We examine the correlates of retention using covariates organized into domains of prediction, prevention, and projection. Data from the LoneStar Project, a three-wave longitudinal reentry study of 802 males recently released from prisoners in Texas, were analyzed to…
Self-Efficacy, Goal Orientation, and Relationship Ideologies Among Incarcerated Men and Their Romantic Partners
Previous research has found that self-efficacy may be higher during incarceration, which may be a time when individuals reflect, leading incarcerated individuals to create lasting behavioral changes. Self-efficacy may be used to prepare for upcoming community reentry and improve other life outcomes while managing stress during and after incarceration. Utilizing a solution-focused brief therapy conceptualization and data from the Multi-Site Family…
Self-reported offending and drug use after prison release: The pernicious role of stress during reentry
Racial Politics in the Contemporary Prison Society: The Importance of Race and Ethnicity to Prison Social Organization
Prior research documents race and ethnicity as central to how individuals navigate the social and physical space of prisons. Racial segregation persists as a feature of prison life, and in navigating this racialized structure, racial groups construct and enforce a set of racialized norms to govern behavior (i.e., the “racial code”) that reinforce and reify prison racial politics. These processes, however, have remained largely descriptive in natu…
Male Sexual Dysfunction and the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence
We contribute to our understanding of the social epidemiology of intimate partner violence (IPV) by developing a mediation model that frames IPV as an outcome of male sexual dysfunction (performance anxiety and erectile dysfunction) and the mechanisms of masculine discrepancy stress (the perceived failure to conform to internalized normative expectations of masculinity) and anger. Our mediation analyses of recently collected data from the 2021 Cr…
Depression among incarcerated persons following the death of a loved one: Does social support mitigate grief
The death of a loved one generates adverse and potentially damaging consequences for surviving family members and friends. The challenges of bereavement can be especially severe when experienced by incarcerated persons who must cope with and grieve the death while incarcerated. Yet, limited research evaluates bereavement among incarcerated persons and whether factors such as social support buffer against health-related consequences. Using data fr…
Covid-19 Mitigation Compliance and Vaccination Status Among Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in the United States
BACKGROUND: To examine the relationship between incarceration history and an individual's compliance toward COVID-19 mitigation strategies and vaccination status/intentions. METHOD: = 1,735), a national probability sample of community-dwelling adults aged 18 and above living in the United States. Data were collected from May 10, 2021 to June 1, 2021. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to assess the relationship between incarceration…
Prison Visitation and the Likelihood of Post-Release Employment
Formerly incarcerated people have a difficult time finding employment upon release. Research has suggested the effectiveness in utilizing one’s social capital and social networks, particularly through family, as a means of securing stable employment post-prison. However, the social connections necessary—maintained via prison visitation—are often weakened due to long-term incarceration and multiple prison stints. Data from the Serious and Violent …
Incarceration exposure during pregnancy and maternal disability: Findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
Women personally or vicariously exposed to incarceration during pregnancy endure greater odds of having a disability. Considering both incarceration and disability are important public health issues with implications for maternal and child well-being, these findings highlight the need for further research that can better understand the connection between incarceration and disability
Examining recidivism during reentry: Proposing a holistic model of health and wellbeing
Incarceration exposure and women's oral health experiences during pregnancy
Method to the Madness: Tracking and Interviewing Respondents in a Longitudinal Study of Prisoner Reentry
After nearly four decades of growth, the number of people held in U.S. prisons has begun to decline. In an era of decarceration, social scientists need to understand prisoner reentry experiences. Longitudinal studies are one strategy to accomplish this goal. Yet, the retention of a formerly incarcerated population across waves of interviews is challenging due to their transient lifestyles and limited support systems, which may be further complica…
Family member incarceration and coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic
An Assessment of Prisoner Reentry, Legal Financial Obligations and Family Financial Support: A Focus on Fathers
Scholars have found that family support is an important facilitator of successful reentry from prison to the community. At the same time, they have argued that owing court-ordered fines or fees, also called legal financial obligations (LFOs), can act as an additional barrier to reentry, especially for parents. There remains a need to test how LFOs impact the financial support formerly incarcerated parents receive from their families. The current …
Stress Among Older Adults With an Incarcerated Family Member: Testing the Buffering Model of Social Support
The theoretical mechanisms linking social support to reductions in stress among older individuals experiencing highly stressful life events (i.e., familial incarceration), as well as the policy and practical implications for enhancing social support among older individuals with a family member incarcerated, are discussed
Incarceration exposure and food insecurity during pregnancy: Investigating the moderating role of social support
First weeks out: Social support stability and health among formerly incarcerated men
Head injury in prison: Gang membership and the role of prison violence
Police Stops Among At-Risk Youth: Repercussions for Mental Health
Criminal Crews, Codes, and Contexts: Differences and Similarities across the Code of the Street, Convict Code, Street Gangs, and Prison Gangs
We use 16 characterizations of crews, codes, and contexts to determine if offender subcultures (code of the street, convict code, street and prison gangs) converge, complement, or are independent of one another. We find extensive overlap across offender subcultures with "belief" subcultures in street and prison settings mirroring the "group" subcultures in those respective settings. Findings generate a call for comparative research on the converg…
Examining the Role of Familial Support During Prison and After Release on Post-Incarceration Mental Health
A significant number of prisoners experience mental health problems, and adequate social support is one way that facilitates better mental health. Yet, by being incarcerated, social support, particularly family support, is likely to be strained or even negative. In this study, we examine whether familial support—either positive or negative—in-prison and after release affects mental health outcomes post-release. Using the Serious and Violent Offen…
Gender Inequality and Knowledge Production in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Studies show that co-authorship of scholarly articles in criminology and criminal justice journals are stratified by gender: males are more likely to publish with males, females are more likely to publish with males. Increasing co-authorship has led some to claim that the intellectual contributions of females may be devalued, systematically putting them at a disadvantage for tenure and promotion decisions. Despite the importance of understanding …
Invisible Colleagues: The Informal Organization of Knowledge Production in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Studying the structure of research collaboration among scholars may enhance our understanding of the discipline’s organization.
Criminal Crews, Codes, and Contexts: Differences and Similarities across the Code of the Street, Convict Code, Street Gangs, and Prison Gangs
We use 16 characterizations of crews, codes, and contexts to determine if offender subcultures (code of the street, convict code, street and prison gangs) converge, complement, or are independent of one another. We find extensive overlap across offender subcultures with "belief" subcultures in street and prison settings mirroring the "group" subcultures in those respective settings. Findings generate a call for comparative research on the converg…
First weeks out: Social support stability and health among formerly incarcerated men
Stress Among Older Adults With an Incarcerated Family Member: Testing the Buffering Model of Social Support
The theoretical mechanisms linking social support to reductions in stress among older individuals experiencing highly stressful life events (i.e., familial incarceration), as well as the policy and practical implications for enhancing social support among older individuals with a family member incarcerated, are discussed
Incarceration exposure and food insecurity during pregnancy: Investigating the moderating role of social support
Male Sexual Dysfunction and the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence
We contribute to our understanding of the social epidemiology of intimate partner violence (IPV) by developing a mediation model that frames IPV as an outcome of male sexual dysfunction (performance anxiety and erectile dysfunction) and the mechanisms of masculine discrepancy stress (the perceived failure to conform to internalized normative expectations of masculinity) and anger. Our mediation analyses of recently collected data from the 2021 Cr…
Depression among incarcerated persons following the death of a loved one: Does social support mitigate grief
The death of a loved one generates adverse and potentially damaging consequences for surviving family members and friends. The challenges of bereavement can be especially severe when experienced by incarcerated persons who must cope with and grieve the death while incarcerated. Yet, limited research evaluates bereavement among incarcerated persons and whether factors such as social support buffer against health-related consequences. Using data fr…
Examining recidivism during reentry: Proposing a holistic model of health and wellbeing
Method to the Madness: Tracking and Interviewing Respondents in a Longitudinal Study of Prisoner Reentry
After nearly four decades of growth, the number of people held in U.S. prisons has begun to decline. In an era of decarceration, social scientists need to understand prisoner reentry experiences. Longitudinal studies are one strategy to accomplish this goal. Yet, the retention of a formerly incarcerated population across waves of interviews is challenging due to their transient lifestyles and limited support systems, which may be further complica…
Same‐Sex Intimate Partner Violence
Although prevalence rates of same‐sex intimate partner violence ( IPV ) are debated, IPV appears to occur for many of the same reasons why it transpires in opposite‐sex relationships, as well as for several reasons unique to same‐sex relationships. For a variety of reasons, both legal protections and social services assistance are significantly reduced for same‐sex IPV victims by comparison to their heterosexual counterparts.
Invisible Colleagues: The Informal Organization of Knowledge Production in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Studying the structure of research collaboration among scholars may enhance our understanding of the discipline’s organization.
Examining the Role of Familial Support During Prison and After Release on Post-Incarceration Mental Health
A significant number of prisoners experience mental health problems, and adequate social support is one way that facilitates better mental health. Yet, by being incarcerated, social support, particularly family support, is likely to be strained or even negative. In this study, we examine whether familial support—either positive or negative—in-prison and after release affects mental health outcomes post-release. Using the Serious and Violent Offen…
Gender Inequality and Knowledge Production in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Studies show that co-authorship of scholarly articles in criminology and criminal justice journals are stratified by gender: males are more likely to publish with males, females are more likely to publish with males. Increasing co-authorship has led some to claim that the intellectual contributions of females may be devalued, systematically putting them at a disadvantage for tenure and promotion decisions. Despite the importance of understanding …
Criminal Crews, Codes, and Contexts: Differences and Similarities across the Code of the Street, Convict Code, Street Gangs, and Prison Gangs
We use 16 characterizations of crews, codes, and contexts to determine if offender subcultures (code of the street, convict code, street and prison gangs) converge, complement, or are independent of one another. We find extensive overlap across offender subcultures with "belief" subcultures in street and prison settings mirroring the "group" subcultures in those respective settings. Findings generate a call for comparative research on the converg…
Police Stops Among At-Risk Youth: Repercussions for Mental Health
Head injury in prison: Gang membership and the role of prison violence
Family member incarceration and coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic
An Assessment of Prisoner Reentry, Legal Financial Obligations and Family Financial Support: A Focus on Fathers
Scholars have found that family support is an important facilitator of successful reentry from prison to the community. At the same time, they have argued that owing court-ordered fines or fees, also called legal financial obligations (LFOs), can act as an additional barrier to reentry, especially for parents. There remains a need to test how LFOs impact the financial support formerly incarcerated parents receive from their families. The current …
Stress Among Older Adults With an Incarcerated Family Member: Testing the Buffering Model of Social Support
The theoretical mechanisms linking social support to reductions in stress among older individuals experiencing highly stressful life events (i.e., familial incarceration), as well as the policy and practical implications for enhancing social support among older individuals with a family member incarcerated, are discussed
Incarceration exposure and food insecurity during pregnancy: Investigating the moderating role of social support
First weeks out: Social support stability and health among formerly incarcerated men
Covid-19 Mitigation Compliance and Vaccination Status Among Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in the United States
BACKGROUND: To examine the relationship between incarceration history and an individual's compliance toward COVID-19 mitigation strategies and vaccination status/intentions. METHOD: = 1,735), a national probability sample of community-dwelling adults aged 18 and above living in the United States. Data were collected from May 10, 2021 to June 1, 2021. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to assess the relationship between incarceration…
Prison Visitation and the Likelihood of Post-Release Employment
Formerly incarcerated people have a difficult time finding employment upon release. Research has suggested the effectiveness in utilizing one’s social capital and social networks, particularly through family, as a means of securing stable employment post-prison. However, the social connections necessary—maintained via prison visitation—are often weakened due to long-term incarceration and multiple prison stints. Data from the Serious and Violent …
Incarceration exposure during pregnancy and maternal disability: Findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
Women personally or vicariously exposed to incarceration during pregnancy endure greater odds of having a disability. Considering both incarceration and disability are important public health issues with implications for maternal and child well-being, these findings highlight the need for further research that can better understand the connection between incarceration and disability
Examining recidivism during reentry: Proposing a holistic model of health and wellbeing
Incarceration exposure and women's oral health experiences during pregnancy
Method to the Madness: Tracking and Interviewing Respondents in a Longitudinal Study of Prisoner Reentry
After nearly four decades of growth, the number of people held in U.S. prisons has begun to decline. In an era of decarceration, social scientists need to understand prisoner reentry experiences. Longitudinal studies are one strategy to accomplish this goal. Yet, the retention of a formerly incarcerated population across waves of interviews is challenging due to their transient lifestyles and limited support systems, which may be further complica…
Racial Politics in the Contemporary Prison Society: The Importance of Race and Ethnicity to Prison Social Organization
Prior research documents race and ethnicity as central to how individuals navigate the social and physical space of prisons. Racial segregation persists as a feature of prison life, and in navigating this racialized structure, racial groups construct and enforce a set of racialized norms to govern behavior (i.e., the “racial code”) that reinforce and reify prison racial politics. These processes, however, have remained largely descriptive in natu…
Male Sexual Dysfunction and the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence
We contribute to our understanding of the social epidemiology of intimate partner violence (IPV) by developing a mediation model that frames IPV as an outcome of male sexual dysfunction (performance anxiety and erectile dysfunction) and the mechanisms of masculine discrepancy stress (the perceived failure to conform to internalized normative expectations of masculinity) and anger. Our mediation analyses of recently collected data from the 2021 Cr…
Depression among incarcerated persons following the death of a loved one: Does social support mitigate grief
The death of a loved one generates adverse and potentially damaging consequences for surviving family members and friends. The challenges of bereavement can be especially severe when experienced by incarcerated persons who must cope with and grieve the death while incarcerated. Yet, limited research evaluates bereavement among incarcerated persons and whether factors such as social support buffer against health-related consequences. Using data fr…
What if They Are All High-Risk for Attrition? Correlates of Retention in a Longitudinal Study of Reentry from Prison
Longitudinal data are essential to research in criminology and criminal justice. Despite attrition’s implications for validity, understanding its sources is underexplored empirically. We examine the correlates of retention using covariates organized into domains of prediction, prevention, and projection. Data from the LoneStar Project, a three-wave longitudinal reentry study of 802 males recently released from prisoners in Texas, were analyzed to…
Self-Efficacy, Goal Orientation, and Relationship Ideologies Among Incarcerated Men and Their Romantic Partners
Previous research has found that self-efficacy may be higher during incarceration, which may be a time when individuals reflect, leading incarcerated individuals to create lasting behavioral changes. Self-efficacy may be used to prepare for upcoming community reentry and improve other life outcomes while managing stress during and after incarceration. Utilizing a solution-focused brief therapy conceptualization and data from the Multi-Site Family…
Self-reported offending and drug use after prison release: The pernicious role of stress during reentry
The Relationship Between Incarcerated Fathers and Their Children: Perceptions of Fatherhood Attitudes and Parenting Skills
Parental incarceration affects the whole family system, especially impacting incarcerated fathers who sustain damaged relationships with their children after release. Roughly 2.7 million children a year in the United States suffer from the traumatic imprisonment of their father. Our research explores the fathers’ perceptions of their relationship with their child by using the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering dat…
Psychology (19 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (16 works) · Criminology (16 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Prison (12 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (10 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Political science (7 works)