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Millions of children in the United States have a parent who is incarcerated and a growing number of these nurturers are mothers. Disrupted Childhoods explores the issues that arise from a mother's confinement and provides first-person accounts of the experiences of children with moms behind bars. Jane A. Siegel offers a perspective that recognizes differences over the long course of a family's interaction with the criminal justice system. Presenting an unparalleled view into the children's lives both before and after their mothers are imprisoned, this book reveals the many challenges they face from the moment such a critical caregiver is arrested to the time she returns home from prison. Based on interviews with nearly seventy youngsters and their mothers conducted at different points of their parent's involvement in the process, the rich qualitative data of Disrupted Childhoods vividly reveals the lived experiences of prisoners' children, telling their stories in their own words. Siegel places the mother's incarceration in context with other aspects of the youths' experiences, including their family life and social worlds, and provides a unique opportunity to hear the voices of a group that has been largely silent until now.

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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-xi
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  1. Introduction: Journeying into the Worlds of Prisoners’ Children
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. Part One
  1. 1. Living with Mom—Most of the Time
  2. pp. 23-50
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  1. 2. Outside the Curtained Windows
  2. pp. 51-75
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  1. 3. The Ubiquity of Violence
  2. pp. 76-93
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  1. Part Two
  1. 4. When the Criminal Justice System Comes Calling
  2. pp. 97-124
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  1. 5. They All Do the Time
  2. pp. 125-161
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  1. 6. What Lies Ahead
  2. pp. 162-189
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  1. Appendix A: Doing Research with Children of Incarcerated Parents
  2. pp. 191-195
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  1. Appendix B: A Portrait of the Children and Their Mothers
  2. pp. 197-203
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 205-212
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 213-224
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 225-233
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  1. About the Author
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