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Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry. Rev [ed.]
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 08, 2008
ANNOTATION: The impact of parental incarceration on children and ways in which society can better meet the needs of offenders’ families are discussed. Topics covered include: prisoners as parents; children left behind; possible developmental effects of parental arrest and incarceration on children; how imprisonment alters family dynamics; obstacles to parent-child visits in prison; the challenge of maintaining contact; challenges of reunification and reunification; and a role for communities and service agents.