Incarcerated African American Men and Their Children

A Case Study

Bibliographic Data

ID9752829
AuthorsG A MENDEZ, GARRY A MENDEZ (National Trust for the Development of African-American Men), Giselle Araceli Méndez (corresponding author), Garry Augustus Mendez (National Trust, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume569
Issue1
Pages86-101
Publication date2000-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271620056900107
OpenAlexW2146197687
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Many studies have been directed toward incarcerated women and their responsibilities in raising their children despite their incarceration. This same concern has not been forthcoming in the case of incarcerated men and parenting programs or other responsibility programs for them. Male responsibility programs have, for the most part, not included incarcerated men, a large and growing segment of the population. It has been suggested that incarcerated men have no interest in their children and that, in fact, they have been and continue to be bad fathers. This article reports on a study that was conducted by the National Trust for the Development of African-American Men to try to determine the attitudes of incarcerated men toward fatherhood while they are incarcerated. The study found that incarcerated men were interested in improving their relationships with their children and families and that they would be willing to participate in a program that would help them do so

Criminology · Developmental psychology · Population · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Education Discipline and Inequality · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

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