Time Served

Mcgee, Zina

ISBN 10: 1685071538 / ISBN 13: 9781685071530

Published by NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC (10/2021)

LIVRE A L?ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9781685071530. Seller Inventory # SLIVCN-9781685071530

Synopsis:

Using personal interview accounts, focus group discussions, and semi-structured questionnaires analysed from a sample of female long-term jail inmates, this book focuses on understanding the experiences of mothers in confinement, particularly with regard to coping with separation from children. The chapters examine the extent to which familial background characteristics (ie: living situation while growing up, family history of incarceration, and parental abuse of drugs and alcohol) relate to the female inmate's own circumstances including abuse prior to incarceration, history of drug and/or alcohol abuse and physical illness. Specific race/ethnicity, age, and social class differences regarding these familial background characteristics and the female inmate's own patterns of abuse and victimisation are also explored. Additionally, the book describes the methods of treatment including drug/alcohol therapy, mental health counselling, medical care, group counselling, parenting classes, and reunification counselling, and the differences that exist regarding effective treatment and the female offender's familial background. Emphasis is placed on the mechanisms that the female inmates use to cope with their incarceration, and the specific factors that relate to their use of drugs/alcohol, including previous sexual, emotional, and physical abuse. Investigations also focus on the type of drugs used prior to incarceration, in addition to policy implications for criminal legal processing of female inmates with children, many of whom engage in drug-related crimes to escape adverse, abusive situations during childhood and into adulthood. Finally, select chapters include an expansion of the work on mothers to investigate patterns of behavioural and emotional adjustment outcomes among children and adolescents experiencing maternal incarceration using data drawn from interviews and surveys as well as a national sample.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Time Served
Publisher: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC (10/2021)
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Used: Like New