Holding on : family and fatherhood during incarceration and reentry / Tasseli McKay, Megan Comfort, Christine Lindquist, and Anupa Bir.
| Author/creator | McKay, Tasseli, 1978- author. |
| Other author | Comfort, Megan, author. |
| Other author | Lindquist, Christine, author. |
| Other author | Bir, Anupa, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Returning incarcerated fathers to the family -- "Always having hope" : what we (didn't) know about fatherhood and incarceration -- "I do, but I don't, know where we are" : couple relationships during incarceration and reentry -- "None of the above" : unraveling complexity, ambivalence, and the limitations of research to understand abuse in justice-involved couples -- To be in jail for 10 years, change ain't going to happen overnight" : operationalizing reentry success -- "A breakthrough type of thing" : quantifying (and qualifying) the impact of family strengthening programs during incarceration and reentry -- On the horizon : the social science of incarceration and family life |
| Abstract | Holding On reveals the results of an unprecedented ten-year study of justice-involved families, rendering visible the lives of a group of American families whose experiences are too often lost in large-scale demographic research. Using new data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partnering--a groundbreaking study of almost two thousand families, incorporating a series of couples-based surveys and qualitative interviews over the course of three years--Holding On sheds rich new light on the parenting and intimate relationships of justice-involved men, challenging long-standing boundaries between research on incarceration and on the well-being of low-income families. Boldly proposing that the failure to recognize the centrality of incarcerated men's roles as fathers and partners has helped to justify a system that removes them from their families and hides that system's costs to parents, partners, and children, Holding On considers how research that breaks the false dichotomy between offender and parent, inmate and partner, and victim and perpetrator might help to inform a next generation of public policies that truly support vulnerable families |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: McKay, Tasseli, 1978- Holding on. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520305243 |
| LCCN | 2019000208 |
| ISBN | 9780520973312 electronic book |
| ISBN | 0520973313 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Stock number | 22573/ctvp5rknx JSTOR |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |