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

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ID21308604
AuthorsKatherine A Durante (0000-0003-2089-2256, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, corresponding author), Jasmine Rene Phillips Meertins (California State University, Fullerton), Eman Tadros (0000-0001-8224-5391, Governors State University, University Park, IL, USA)
Year2024
Volume70
Issue3
Pages788-811
Publication date2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCrime & Delinquency (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-1287 • E-ISSN: 1552-387X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00111287221113304
OpenAlexW4286491190
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited63

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

Coparenting · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Imprisonment · Logistic regression · Negative binomial distribution · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Phone · Prison · Quality (philosophy) · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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