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Every Door Closed: Barriers Facing Parents With Criminal Records
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Every Door Closed: Barriers Facing Parents With Criminal Records
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Author(s)
Hirsch, Amy E.
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Center for Law and Social Policy (Washington, DC)
Community Legal Services (Philadelphia, PA)
Sponsor(s)
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, MI)
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Published 2002.
104 pages.
Related Topics
Children of inmates
(Offender Services)
Families of inmates
(Offender Services)
Inmate mothers
(Offender Services)
Inmate mothers
(Special Offenders)
The dire challenges legal barriers pose to ex-offenders with children are examined. The following parts comprise this report: executive summary; "Introduction" by Amy E. Hirsch; "Criminal Records and Employment: Ex-Offenders Thwarted in Attempts to Earn a Living for Their Families" by Sharon M. Dietrich; "Parents With Criminal Records and Public Benefits: "Welfare Helps Us Stay in Touch With Society" by Hirsch; "Criminal Records and Subsidized Housing: Families Loosing the Opportunity for Decent Shelter" by Rue Landau; "Criminal Convictions, Incarceration, and Child Welfare: Ex-Offenders Lose Their Children" by Peter D. Schneider; "Student Loans and Criminal Records: Parents With Past Drug Convictions Lose Access to Higher Education" by Irv Ackelsberg and Hirsch; and "Divided Families: Immigration Consequences of Contact With the Criminal Justice System" by Judith Bernstein-Baker in collaboration with Joe Hohenstein.
Accession Number: 017860
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