TY - JOUR
T1 - Kept in the Dark
T2 - Exploring Children’s Preparation for Parental Incarceration and Reentry
AU - Young, Diane S.
AU - Smith, Carrie Jefferson
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - children of incarcerated parents
KW - families and incarceration
KW - parental incarceration
KW - reentry
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U2 - 10.1891/2474-8684.2.2.191
DO - 10.1891/2474-8684.2.2.191
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110472020
SN - 2474-8684
VL - 2
SP - 191
EP - 208
JO - Urban Social Work
JF - Urban Social Work
IS - 2
ER -