Title: Children with parents in prison : child welfare policy, program & practice issues /
Authors: Seymour, Cynthia.; Hairston, Creasie Finney.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Children of prisoners Services for United States.; Children of prisoners Government policy United States.; Prisoners' families Government policy United States.; Prisoners United States Family relationships.; Prisoners Family relationships United States.
Contents: Foreword / David S. Liederman -- Children with parents in prison : child welfare policy, program, and practice issues / Cynthia B. Seymour -- Supporting families and children of mothers in jail : an integrated child welfare and criminal justice strategy / Pamela Covington Katz -- Charting a course : meeting the challenge of permanency planning for children with incarcerated mothers / Adela Beckerman -- In whose best interest? : the impact of changing public policy on relatives caring for children with incarcerated parents / Susan Phillips and Barbara Bloom -- Permanency planning in the context of parental incarceration : legal issues and recommendations / Philip M. Genty -- Girl scouts behind bars : facilitating parent-child contact in correctional settings / Kathleen J. Block and Margaret J. Potthast -- Earning trust from youths with none to spare / Marsha Weissman and Candace Mayer LaRue -- Developing quality services for offenders and families: an innovative partnership / Toni Johnson, Katherine Selber, and Michael Lauderdale -- The forgotten parent : understanding the forces that influence incarcerated fathers' relationships with their children / Creasie Finney Hairston.