Mass incarceration affects many families, creating an ambiguous loss. Although living, the
incarcerated person is removed from daily life with consequences for relationships and …

Despite promising evidence that family contact during incarceration may reduce recidivism,
less is understood about its role in postrelease parental involvement with children. Drawing …

Purpose Parental incarceration is a traumatic experience that affects both the parent and
their family. It is also a traumatic childhood and adolescent event that plagues students who …

Each year in the United States, over 1000 women give birth while in prison. Little is known
about who cares for the infants after they are separated from their biological mothers …

The vast majority of research on the impact of familial incarceration focuses on its effect on
children, even though one in eight adults in the United States has had a child in prison …

While incarcerated, women may continue to experience intimate partner violence (IPV),
perpetrated by partners who reside in the outside community. Power and control dynamics …

Most people who are incarcerated in the US are parents, yet little is known about the context
and experiences of family connection when a parent is incarcerated. This study aims to …

Incarcerated mothers experience multiple forms of harm embedded within the criminal legal
system, yet relatively little attention has been paid to incarcerated mothers' experiences of …

This study examines the association between three forms of father–child contact during
incarceration and fathers' reports of parental self-efficacy. The study's sample derives from …

Justice system-involved parents and their children face many significant socioeconomic and
psychosocial challenges; yet, parenting and family support for these families is scant. Home …