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Joint custody: formerly incarcerated mothers and the negotiation of caregiver roles
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Joint custody: formerly incarcerated mothers and the negotiation of caregiver roles
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Incarcerated mothers spend a significant portion of their children’s formative years in prison, leaving family members, friends, and foster care systems to raise their children. Upon reentry, most envision transitioning back into their previous role of primary caregiver for their children. This study explores how formerly incarcerated mothers renegotiate the primary caregiver role for their underage children.
Using a grounded theory approach, 32 interviews were conducted with formerly incarcerated mothers from urban and rural communities. Specifically, this study explored four primary guiding questions. How do formerly incarcerated mothers define the role of primary caregiver for children? How do they perceive their caregiver role prior to their most recent incarceration? What legal, financial, or emotional factors contribute to their success or failure in renegotiating their caregiver role? What neighborhood resources can they access in urban and rural areas to help them renegotiate their role as primary caregiver? This study informs on the contradiction between formerly incarcerated mothers’ mothering ideology and their situation, and the challenges they encounter renegotiating their primary caregiver role. Drawing on the findings of this study I conclude by providing recommendations to support the successful reentry of formerly incarcerated mothers into the community, and reunification with their children.
Using a grounded theory approach, 32 interviews were conducted with formerly incarcerated mothers from urban and rural communities. Specifically, this study explored four primary guiding questions. How do formerly incarcerated mothers define the role of primary caregiver for children? How do they perceive their caregiver role prior to their most recent incarceration? What legal, financial, or emotional factors contribute to their success or failure in renegotiating their caregiver role? What neighborhood resources can they access in urban and rural areas to help them renegotiate their role as primary caregiver? This study informs on the contradiction between formerly incarcerated mothers’ mothering ideology and their situation, and the challenges they encounter renegotiating their primary caregiver role. Drawing on the findings of this study I conclude by providing recommendations to support the successful reentry of formerly incarcerated mothers into the community, and reunification with their children.
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Formerly incarcerated mothers
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Criminal Justice
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