Description
Book SynopsisSeveral 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 with or see their children on a regular basis during incarceration. Little is known about this significant and emotionally traumatic problem that confronts nearly two-thirds of incarcerated women.
Building upon previous work, this extraordinarily insightful volume offers fresh perspective on issues which surround the separation of inmate mothers and their children, using questionnaire, standardized scales, and individual taped interviews. The author examines issues such as the impact of separation by race; the child's whereabouts at the time of the crime; the child's placement and legal
Table of Contents
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?
