Disrupted childhoods : children of women in prison /

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Disrupted Childhoods explores the issues that arise from a mother's confinement and provides first-person accounts of the experiences of children with moms behind bars. Jane A. Siegel offers a perspective that recognizes differences over the long course of a family's interaction with the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Siegel, Jane A., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Series:Rutgers series in childhood studies.
Subjects:
Children of women prisoners > United States.
Prisoners' families > United States.
Enfants de prisonnières > États-Unis.
Familles de prisonniers > États-Unis.
SELF-HELP > Adult Children of Substance Abusers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Children of women prisoners.
Prisoners' families.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction:Journeying into the Worlds of Prisoners' Children; Part One; 1. Living with Mom-Most of the Time; 2. Outside the Curtained Windows; 3. The Ubiquity of Violence; Part Two; 4. When the Criminal Justice System Comes Calling; 5. They All Do the Time; 6. What Lies Ahead; Appendix A: Doing Research with Children of Incarcerated Parents; Appendix B: A Portrait of the Children and Their Mothers; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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