How Do Mothers in Prison Differ From Non-Mothers?

• Published in: Journal of child and family studies Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 82 - 95
• Main Author: Loper, Ann B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Nature B.V 01.02.2006
• Subjects: Caregivers; Child Rearing; Child welfare; Comparative studies; Correctional Institutions; Criminal justice; Criminal offences; Criminals; Depression (Psychology); Family Involvement; Females; Imprisonment; Mental Disorders; Mental health; Mothers; Offenders; Parent-child relations; Parental stress; Parenthood; Parenting; Parents; Prisoners; Prisons; Resistance (Psychology); School Psychology; Stress

Adjustment patterns and criminal characteristics of 350 incarcerated mothers of children under 21 years of age were contrasted to those of 166 women from the same institution that had never had children. There were no observed differences between mothers and non-mothers in terms of self-reported men...