Disrupted Childhoods

Children of Women in Prison

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19916492
AutoresJane A Siegel (autor de correspondencia), Jane Siegel
Año2019
Fecha de publicación2019-12-31
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaDisrupted Childhoods (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialRutgers University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.36019/9780813551012
OpenAlexW4255863813
Open LibraryOL37390720M
ISBN9780813551012
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30

Millions of children in the United States have a parent who is incarcerated and a growing number of these nurturers are mothers. Disrupted Childhoods explores the issues that arise from a mother's confinement and provides first-person accounts of the experiences of children with moms behind bars. Jane A. Siegel offers a perspective that recognizes differences over the long course of a family's interaction with the criminal justice system. Presenting an unparalleled view into the children's lives both before and after their mothers are imprisoned, this book reveals the many challenges they face from the moment such a critical caregiver is arrested to the time she returns home from prison. Based on interviews with nearly seventy youngsters and their mothers conducted at different points of their parent's involvement in the process, the rich qualitative data of Disrupted Childhoods vividly reveals the lived experiences of prisoners' children, telling their stories in their own words. Siegel places the mother's incarceration in context with other aspects of the youths' experiences, including their family life and social worlds, and provides a unique opportunity to hear the voices of a group that has been largely silent until now

Child Welfare and Adoption · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology · Prisoners · Prisoners' families · united states