Childrens Contact with Incarcerated Parents: Implications for Policy and Intervention (Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice)

This Brief Explores The Potential Effects Of Parent-child Contact During Incarceration On Child And Adult Relationships, Well-being, And Parenting As Well As Corrections-related Issues, Such As Institutional Behavior And Recidivism. It Presents A Literature Review On What Is Currently Known About Parent-child Contact During Parental Incarceration In Addition To Several Empirical Studies, Followed By A Summary, Commentary, And Briefing Report. The Empirical Studies Focus On Contact In Both Jail And Prison Settings. Because Jails In The United States Handle More Admissions Per Year Than Prisons – And Studies Of Jailed Parents And Their Children Are Not Common In The Literature – Two Of The Three Studies Presented Focus On Jails. Following The Empirical Studies, A Summary That Includes Recommendations For Policy And Intervention Is Presented, Along With A Commentary That Explores What Researchers Need To Do To Make Effective Policy Recommendations. This Brief Is An Essential Resource For Policy Makers And Related Professionals, Graduate Students, And Researchers In Child And School Psychology, Family Studies, Public Health, Social Work, Law/criminal Justice, And Sociology. Edited By Julie Poehlmann-tynan. This Brief explores the potential effects of parent-child contact during incarceration on child and adult relationships, well-being, and parenting as well as corrections-related issues, such as institutional behavior and recidivism. It presents a literature review on what is currently known about parent-child contact during parental incarceration in addition to several empirical studies, followed by a summary, commentary, and briefing report. The empirical studies focus on contact in both jail and prison settings. Because jails in the United States handle more admissions per year than prisons - and studies of jailed parents and their children are not common in the literature - two of the three studies presented focus on jails. Following the empirical studies, a summary that includes recommendations for policy and intervention is presented, along with a commentary that explores what researchers need to do to make effective policy recommendations. This Brief is an essential resource for policy makers and related professionals, graduate students, and researchers in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, social work, law/criminal justice, and sociology. -- From springer.com This Brief explores the potential effects of parent-child contact during incarceration on child and adult relationships, well-being, and parenting as well as corrections-related issues, such as institutional behavior and recidivism. It presents a literature review on what is currently known about parent-child contact during parental incarceration in addition to several empirical studies, followed by a summary, commentary, and briefing report. The empirical studies focus on contact in both jail and prison settings. Because jails in the United States handle more admissions per year than prisons ĺl and studies of jailed parents and their children are not common in the literature ĺl two of the three studies presented focus on jails. Following the empirical studies, a summary that includes recommendations for policy and intervention is presented, along with a commentary that explores what researchers need to do to make effective policy recommendations. This Brief is an essential resource for policy makers and related professionals, graduate students, and researchers in child and school psychology, family studies, public health, social work, law/criminal justice, and sociology Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction and Literature Review: Is Parent–Child Contact During Parental Incarceration Beneficial?....Pages 1-21 Differential Effects of Type of Children’s Contact with Their Jailed Mothers and Children’s Behavior Problems....Pages 23-38 Young Children’s Behavioral and Emotional Reactions to Plexiglas and Video Visits with Jailed Parents....Pages 39-58 Associations Among Mother–Child Contact, Parenting Stress, and Mother and Child Adjustment Related to Incarceration....Pages 59-82 Children’s Contact with Incarcerated Parents: Summary and Recommendations....Pages 83-92 Policy Commentary: The Research Evidence Policymakers Need to Build Better Public Policy for Children of Incarcerated Parents....Pages 93-113 Back Matter....Pages 115-115