2nd Edition

Mothers in Prison

Edited By Gabriel R. Ricci Copyright 1985
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Several years ago, Terry Moore, a young first offender at the Florida Correctional Institution for Women, gave birth to a baby whose father was a prison guard. Mrs. Moore won the right to have her baby stay with her in prison until she was released a few months later. Although this incarcerated mother was reunited with her child shortly after giving birth, many inmate mothers are not able to be... Read more
1. The Separation Impacts: Common Threads from Previous Research 2. Objectives of the Study and Format of the Inquiry 3. Background Characteristics 4. Impacts of the Separation,by Mother’s Race 5. Self-Concept and Child-Rearing Attitudes 6. Inmate-Mothers and Drugs: A Schizophrenic Lifestyle 7. Programs to Strengthen Ties 8. A Unique Foster-Care Placement Program 9. Implications of the Study: Where Do We Go from Here?

Biography

PHYLLIS JO BAUNACH