Parenting and Incarceration: Perspectives on Father-Child Involvement during Reentry from Prison

Charles, Pajarita; Muentner, Luke; Kjellstrand, Jean

doi:10.1086/703446

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“…From the results of this study, we found that the nexus function of the caregiver appears in the two criterion variables that define the experience of parenting (parental satisfaction and relationship with children) as the predictor with the greatest explanatory power. This result agrees with that of Berger [ 62 ], suggesting that caregivers are responsible for maintaining the mental bond and communication between parents and children [ 42 ] and/or facilitating family reunification after release [ 48 ]. Similarly, Loper and Tuerk [ 63 ] confirmed the need to be aware of the alliance between parents or between parents and caregivers when designing interventions for parents in prison.…”

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“…For the imprisoned parent, the psychological distress experienced may be related to the extreme difficulties they face in remaining in contact with their children and families [ 42 ]. For this reason, communication between these children and their parents has been linked to their involvement in their children’s lives and the post-release relationship [ 43 ].…”

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Correlates of a Positive Parenting Experience in Prison

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Fernández-Rouco

2021

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The two goals of this study were: (1) to explore the relationship of a parent’s experience in prison in combination with a range of characteristics relating to the parent in prison, to the children, and to the caregiver, and (2) to explore the role of sex and nationality in this relationship. A total of 202 parents in prison (99 men and 103 women; 106 Spanish and 96 foreigners) participated in this study. To maximize the understanding of the questions, in-person interviews were conducted to collect answers to the questionnaire. The findings particularly highlight the importance of the role of the primary caregiver in ensuring that the parent in prison has a positive parenting experience during incarceration. More specifically, the parent in prison reports a better parenting experience when they perceive the primary caregiver as a link between themselves and their children in a positive way. This finding points to the importance of intervention and research on this relationship in order to enhance parental satisfaction and the relationship between the imprisoned parent and their children, as well as the family’s resilience during parental imprisonment.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Correlates of a Positive Parenting Experience in Prison

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Fernández-Rouco

2021

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“…We also learned about future directions, including the importance of systematically embedding family services in corrections programming. Programs often pertain to incarcerated individuals without accounting for families, despite the importance of family connections for post-release success (Charles et al, 2019). Our transdisciplinary team will continue to ask questions about our intervention, such as "what works, for whom, how, and under what conditions?"…”

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Lessons From the Field: Developing and Implementing an Intervention for Jailed Parents and Their Children

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ObjectiveIn this Lesson from the Field, we describe an intervention designed by our transdisciplinary team focusing on opportunities for enhanced parent–child visits when a parent is incarcerated in jail. We present implementation challenges and lessons learned from our pilot feasibility study.BackgroundSeparation from one's parent because of incarceration has become an increasingly common experience for U.S. children, with one in 14 children experiencing a coresident parent leaving for prison or jail. Parental incarceration is associated with elevated risk for less optimal child development outcomes, yet few evidence‐based interventions are available to mitigate this risk.ExperienceOur field experience underscores knowledge about intervention development and lessons learned in four areas: (a) use of visit coaching with jailed parents and caregivers, (b) application of video chat technology, (c) serving families holistically, and (d) developing family‐focused services in jails.Conclusion and ImplicationsOur study highlights the value of integrating multiple perspectives, ensuring flexibility with families, combining technology with enhanced support strategies, and collaborating with community organizations and government agencies. The intervention can be implemented without extensive training and can be useful across different family professionals working with families involved in the criminal justice system.

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“…Third, our results provide some evidence that policies that focus exclusively on reducing the use of incarceration for nonviolent offenses exacerbate incarceration disparities between men and women. Given the different pathways men and women take to justice involvement, the different crimes men and women are convicted for, and the different needs men and women have both while confined in prison or jail and during reentry, smart decarceration efforts are likely going to need to take a gender-responsive approach to reforming the justice system if they are going to address gender incarceration disparities in an equitable way (Charles et al, 2019; Ferszt & Clarke, 2012; Gottlieb & Mahabir, 2019).…”

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Were California’s Decarceration Efforts Smart? A Quasi-Experimental Examination of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities

Gottlieb

Charles

McLeod

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Over the last decade, California has undertaken one of the largest criminal justice reform efforts in recent U.S. history. However, little is known about the causal impact of these reforms on the overall incarceration rate and disparities in incarceration rates across demographic subgroups. Using a quasi-experimental synthetic control method and data from the Vera Institute of Justice and the U.S. Census Bureau, our results provide strong evidence that California’s reforms have substantially reduced the state’s overall incarceration rate, but that they have resulted in an increase in Latinx-White incarceration disparities. We also find suggestive evidence that the reforms have exacerbated Black-White incarceration disparities and disparities between men and women. Our study is especially relevant at a time when the United States is increasingly interested in reducing the population of people incarcerated and suggests that care must be taken to ensure that reform efforts do not increase incarceration disparities among demographic subgroups.

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Parenting and Incarceration: Perspectives on Father-Child Involvement during Reentry from Prison

Cited by 41 publications

References 54 publications

Correlates of a Positive Parenting Experience in Prison

Correlates of a Positive Parenting Experience in Prison

Lessons From the Field: Developing and Implementing an Intervention for Jailed Parents and Their Children

Were California’s Decarceration Efforts Smart? A Quasi-Experimental Examination of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities

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