Prisoners Once Removed: The Impact of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities

Bys: Travis, Jeremy and Waul, Michelle

Imprisonment casts a long shadow in the United States. Currently, 1.4 million individuals are behind bars in America's state and federal prisons. For every person who goes to prison, there is a family and community left behind. Despite the huge number of affected families and children, there is little research on the impact of incarceration on American family life. In Prisoners Once Removed, the authors explore this important issue-from the psychological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877667152
• ISBN13: 9780877667155
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.