NMC Library
Image from Google Jackets

Prisoners once removed : the impact of incarceration and reentry on children, families, and communities / edited by Jeremy Travis and Michelle Waul.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press, c2003.Description: xiv, 396 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0877667152 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Impact of incarceration and reentry on children, families, and communities
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV8886.U6 P75 2003
Contents:
Prisoners once removed : the children and families of prisoners / Jeremy Travis and Michelle Waul. PART 1. The impact of incarceration and reentry on individual prisoners : The psychological impact of incarceration : implications for postprison adjustment / Craig Haney -- A woman's journey home : challenges for female offenders / Stephanie S. Covington -- The skill sets and health care needs of released offenders / Gerald G. Gaes and Newton Kendig. PART 2. The impact of incarceration and reentry on children and families : From one generation to the next : how criminal sanctions are reshaping family life in urban America / Donald Braman and Jenifer Wood -- The effects of parental incarceration on children : perspectives, promises, and policies / Ross D. Parke and K. Alison Clarke-Stewart -- The adolescent children of incarcerated parents : a developmental perspective / J. Mark Eddy and John B. Reid -- Prisoners and their families : parenting issues during incarceration / Creasie Finney Hairston. PART 2. The impact of incarceration and reentry on communities : Criminal justice and health and human services : an exploration of overlapping needs, resources and interests in Brooklyn neighborhoods / Eric Cadora, with Charles Swartz and Mannix Gordon -- Incarceration, reentry, and social capital : social networks in the balance / Dina R. Rose and Todd R. Clear -- Building partnerships to strengthen offenders, families, and communities / Shelli Balter Rossman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prisoners once removed : the children and families of prisoners / Jeremy Travis and Michelle Waul. PART 1. The impact of incarceration and reentry on individual prisoners : The psychological impact of incarceration : implications for postprison adjustment / Craig Haney -- A woman's journey home : challenges for female offenders / Stephanie S. Covington -- The skill sets and health care needs of released offenders / Gerald G. Gaes and Newton Kendig. PART 2. The impact of incarceration and reentry on children and families : From one generation to the next : how criminal sanctions are reshaping family life in urban America / Donald Braman and Jenifer Wood -- The effects of parental incarceration on children : perspectives, promises, and policies / Ross D. Parke and K. Alison Clarke-Stewart -- The adolescent children of incarcerated parents : a developmental perspective / J. Mark Eddy and John B. Reid -- Prisoners and their families : parenting issues during incarceration / Creasie Finney Hairston. PART 2. The impact of incarceration and reentry on communities : Criminal justice and health and human services : an exploration of overlapping needs, resources and interests in Brooklyn neighborhoods / Eric Cadora, with Charles Swartz and Mannix Gordon -- Incarceration, reentry, and social capital : social networks in the balance / Dina R. Rose and Todd R. Clear -- Building partnerships to strengthen offenders, families, and communities / Shelli Balter Rossman.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha