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- Title
Kept in the Dark: Exploring Children's Preparation for Parental Incarceration and Reentry.
- Authors
Young, Diane S.; Smith, Carrie Jefferson
- Abstract
Background: Parental incarceration is a challenging and pivotal experience for families. Efforts to prepare children can hinder or promote children's abilities to adapt. Objective: This study addresses the research question: How informed and prepared are children for parental incarceration, family reentry, and re-incarceration? Methods: Fourteen young adults shared their experiences related to childhood parental incarceration and family reentry through individual interviews. Findings: Regardlessof the parent's stage of criminal justice involvement – arrest,incarceration, reentry, or re-incarceration, participants reported receiving very little information about what was taking place, why, or what they could expect. Conclusions: Small efforts to prepare and inform children were perceived to be helpfulas children. Resources and brief interventions that mitigate this experience of being kept in the dark are described.
- Subjects
PARENT imprisonment; ADULT child abuse victims; CHILDREN; PARENT-child relationships
- Publication
Urban Social Work, 2018, Vol 2, Issue 2, p191
- ISSN
2474-8684
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/2474-8684.2.2.191