CHILDREN OF WOMEN PRISONERS - A FORGOTTEN MINORITY (FROM FEMALE OFFENDER BY LAURA CRITES - SEE NCJ - 41826)

• NCJ Number: 41831
• Author(s): B G MCGOWAN; K L BLUMENTHAL
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: D C Heath and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SEPARATING AN INCARCERATED MOTHER AND HER CHILD THAT ARE OCCASIONED BY A LACK OF CONCERN AND UNDERSTANDING ON THE PART OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER.

Abstract

THE DESCRIPTION CONTAINS GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO MOTHER AND CHILD BOTH DURING AND AFTER INCARCERATION AS WELL AS THE RESULTS OF A 1974 CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND STUDY OF THE CHILDREN OF WOMEN PRISONERS. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM'S HANDLING OF THE MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP WHICH WERE SUGGESTED BY WOMEN OFFENDERS ARE INCLUDED.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB