Title: Children of incarcerated parents : a handbook for researchers and practitioners /
Authors: Eddy, J. Mark; Poehlmann-Tynan, Julie
Publisher: Urban Institute Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Children of prisoners United States.; Prisoners United States Family.; Prisoners United States; Child welfare United States; United States
Abstract: For the nearly 2 million children in the United States whose parents are in prison, caretaking necessary for optimal development is disrupted. These vulnerable youth-a population that has shot up 80 percent in the last 20 years-are more likely to experience learning difficulties, poor health, and substance abuse, and eventually be incarcerated themselves. Addressing the needs of children with imprisoned parents is urgent from corrections, child welfare, health care, and education perspectives. Children of Incarcerated Parents integrates a diverse literature, pulling together rigorous scholarship from criminology, sociology, law, psychiatry, social work, nursing, psychology, human development, and family studies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers will find in this volume here new directions for research and policies that will improve these children's life chances.
Contents: Multidisciplinary perspectives on research and intervention with children of incarcerated parents / J. Mark Eddy and Julie Poehlmann -- Historical background and current trends -- The past as prologue : parental incarceration, service planning, and intervention development in context / Susan D. Phillips -- Incarcerated parents and their children : findings from the bureau of justice statistics / Laura M. Maruschak, Lauren E. Glaze, and Christopher J. Mumola -- Developmental research -- Longitudinal research on the effects of parental incarceration on children / Joseph Murray -- Attachment in infants and children of incarcerated parents / Julie Poehlmann -- Middle childhood: family, school, and peer contexts for children affected by parental incarceration / Danielle H. Dallaire and Lauren Aaron -- Adolescence in the context of parental incarceration : family, school, and community factors / Rebecca J. Shlafer and Julie Poehlmann --^