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Every Door Closed: Barriers Facing Parents With Criminal Records

Publication year: 2002 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The dire challenges legal barriers pose to ex-offenders with children are examined. The following parts comprise this report: executive summary; "Introduction" by Amy E. Hirsch; "Criminal Records and Employment: Ex-Offenders Thwarted in Attempts to Earn a Living for Their Families" by Sharon M. Dietrich; "Parents With Criminal Records and Public Benefits: "Welfare Helps Us Stay in Touch With Society" by Hirsch; "Criminal Records and Subsidized Housing: Families Loosing the Opportunity for Decent Shelter" by Rue Landau; "Criminal Convictions, Incarceration, and Child Welfare: Ex-Offenders Lose Their Children" by Peter D. Schneider; "Student Loans and Criminal Records: Parents With Past Drug Convictions Lose Access to Higher Education" by Irv Ackelsberg and Hirsch; and "Divided Families: Immigration Consequences of Contact With the Criminal Justice System" by Judith Bernstein-Baker in collaboration with Joe Hohenstein.
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