Children with parents in prison : child welfare policy, program & and practice issues / Cynthia Seymour, Creasie Finney Hairston, editors.

Other author Seymour, Cynthia.
Other author Hairston, Creasie Finney.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, ©2001.
Descriptionviii, 171 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Children of prisoners--Services for. --United States.
Children of prisoners--Government policy. --United States.
Prisoners' families--Government policy. --United States.
Prisoners--United States. --Family relationships.

Contents Foreword / David S. Liederman -- Children with parents in prison : child welfare policy, program, and practice issues / Cynthia B. Seymour -- Supporting families and children of mothers in jail : an integrated child welfare and criminal justice strategy / Pamela Covington Katz -- Charting a course : meeting the challenge of permanency planning for children with incarcerated mothers / Adela Beckerman -- In whose best interest? : the impact of changing public policy on relatives caring for children with incarcerated parents / Susan Phillips and Barbara Bloom -- Permanency planning in the context of parental incarceration : legal issues and recommendations / Philip M. Genty -- Girl scouts behind bars : facilitating parent-child contact in correctional settings / Kathleen J. Block and Margaret J. Potthast -- Earning trust from youths with none to spare / Marsha Weissman and Candace Mayer LaRue -- Developing quality services for offenders and families: an innovative partnership / Toni Johnson, Katherine Selber, and Michael Lauderdale -- The forgotten parent : understanding the forces that influence incarcerated fathers' relationships with their children / Creasie Finney Hairston.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 00023862
ISBN076580719X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780765807199 (alk. paper)