Disrupted childhoods : children of women in prison / Jane A. Siegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegel, Jane A., 1949-

Series:

Rutgers series in childhood studies.

The Rutgers series in childhood studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of women prisoners--United States.

Children of women prisoners.

Prisoners' families--United States.

Prisoners' families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Millions of children in the United States have a parent who is incarcerated and a growing number of these nurturers are mothers. 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 criminal justice system. Presenting an unparalleled view into the children's lives both before and after their mothers are imprisoned, this book reveals the many challenges they face from the moment such a critical caregiver is arrested to the time she returns home from prison. Based on interviews with nearly seventy youngsters and their mothers conducted at different points of their parent's involvement in the process, the rich qualitative data of Disrupted Childhoods vividly reveals the lived experiences of prisoners' children, telling their stories in their own words. Siegel places the mother's incarceration in context with other aspects of the youths' experiences, including their family life and social worlds, and provides a unique opportunity to hear the voices of a group that has been largely silent until now.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Journeying into the Worlds of Prisoners' Children

Part One

Part Two

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-86466-5

0-8135-5101-3

OCLC:

775872917