Parental Incarceration by Johnston, Denise (EDT)/ Sullivan, Megan (EDT) - 2016

Routledge, 2016. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Routledge, 2016-03-26. paperback. Very Good. 7x0x8. Paperback--cover shows slight wear--otherwise, excellent condition

Paperback / softback. New. Parental Incarceration makes available personal stories by adults who have had the childhood experience of parental incarceration. These stories help readers better understand the complex circumstances that influence these children's health and development, as well as their high risk for intergenerational crime and incarceration. Denise Johnston examines her own children's experience of her incarceration within the context of what the research and her 30 years of practice with prisoners and their children has taught her, arguing that it is imperative to attempt to understand parental incarceration within a developmental framework. Megan Sullivan, a scholar in the Humanities, examines the effects of her father's incarceration on her family, and underscores the importance of the reentry process for families. The number of arrested, jailed, and imprisoned persons in the United States has increased since 1960, most dramatically between 1985 and 2000. As the… Read More

Routledge, 2016. Paperback. New. 290 pages. 9.00x7.25x0.50 inches.