Disrupted Childhoods : Children of Women in Prison /

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Millions of children in the United States have a parent who is incarcerated and a growing number of these nurturers are mothers. This book explores the issues that arise from a mother's confinement and provides first-person accounts of the experiences of children with moms behind bars. Here the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siegel, Jane A., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prisoners' families.
Children of women prisoners.
Family and Relationships.
Familles de prisonniers > États-Unis.
Enfants de prisonnieres > États-Unis.
Prisoners' families > United States.
Children of women prisoners > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Journeying into the worlds of prisoner's children
  • Living with mom, most of the time
  • Outside the curtained windows
  • The ubiquity of violence
  • When the criminal justice system comes calling
  • They all do the time
  • What lies ahead
  • Doing research with children of incarcerated parents
  • A portrait of the children and their mothers.

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