Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction / Bruce Western, Mary Pattillo, and David Weiman
Part I. Families
Chapter 2. Incarceration and the Bonds Between Parents in Fragile Families / Bruce Western, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Sara McLanahan
Chapter 3. Fatherhood and Incarceration as Potential Turning Points in the Criminal Careers of Unskilled Men / Kathryn Edin, Timothy J. Nelson, and Rechelle Paranal
Chapter 4. Returning to Strangers: Newly Paroled Young Fathers and Their Children / Anne M. Nurse
Chapter 5. Children of Incarcerated Parents: Multiple Risks and Children’s Living Arrangements / Elizabeth I. Johnson and Jane Waldfogel
Part II. Communities
Chapter 6. Effects of Incarceration on Informal Social Control in Communities / James P. Lynch and William J. Sabol
Chapter 7. Lost Voices: The Civic and Political Views of Disenfranchised Felons / Christopher Uggen and Jeff Manza
Chapter 8. Will Employers Hire Former Offenders?: Employer Preferences, Background Checks, and Their Determinants / Harry J. Holzer, Steven Raphael, and Michael A. Stoll
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Reentry and Reintegration: New Perspectives on the Challenges of Mass Incarceration / Jeremy Travis
Index