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Broken Bonds: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Children with Incarcerated Parents

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Feb. 22, 2008
ANNOTATION: Strategies for meeting the needs and overcoming the obstacles facing children with incarcerated parents are explained through a review of available empirical research. Sections following an executive summary are: introduction; scope of the problem; changes in daily life -- living arrangements, parent-child relationship, and financial circumstances; emotional and behavioral impact; protective factors -- relationship with parent before and during incarceration and support from family, caregivers, and members of the community; and recommendations.
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