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Identifier	Thesis 1816
Author	Abbott, Denise D.
Title	Incarcerated Mothers and Recidivism Rates: Effect of Contact with Children
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2006
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	This exploratory study proposes to examine if the amount of contact an incarcerated mother has with her children influences her recidivism rate upon discharge. A survey was administered to female ex-offenders with children that addressed how much contact they had with their children while incarcerated and what contact measures (e.g. phone calls, letters, or visits) were provided to them. The survey also consisted of mothers' perceptions of how much contact with their children affected their recidivism when released. The sample groups consisted of 20 ex-offenders from the Community Partners in Action's Resettlement Program and 8 women from York Correctional Institution. Comparisons were made between women who remained clean after one year of release from prison and those women who were reincarcerated during the same time period. In general, mothers had limited contact with their children while in prison. However, those women who were reincarcerated were found to have fewer contacts by phone and mail than those were not reincarcerated. There were no differences in regard to visitation or their perceptions of whether the prison facilitated or hindered contact between mothers and children. The respondents did suggest that the prison needs to encourage contact with children by increasing the available programs, offering more counseling, and removing some of the barriers to contact (e.g., postage, phone call charges). Ultimately, if contact with children is related to reincarceration, then maintaining the mother-child bond provides one means to prevent recidivism.
Subject	Women prisoners -- Family relationships -- Connecticut Children of women prisoners -- Connecticut Recidivism -- Connecticut
Department	Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Advisor	Hedlund, Jennifer
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735089
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