Hairston C F
Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Child Welfare. 1998 Sep-Oct;77(5):617-39.
Fathers who are in prisons and jails are not just convicts--they are parents as well. The family roles and responsibilities of incarcerated fathers, however, are seldom the focus of institutional policies, scholarly research, or child welfare services. This article examines the issues that must be addressed in designing policies and providing services that promote the maintenance of parent-child bonds and responsible parenting when fathers are incarcerated. It describes the family roles and structures of men in prison and looks at differences between public perceptions and the real-life experiences of prisoner parents. The ways in which correctional policies and child welfare practices influence and shape fathers' parenting abilities and father-child relationships are discussed, and strategies for creating a supportive environment for fathers and their children and families are proposed.
身处监狱的父亲们不仅仅是罪犯——他们也是父母。然而，被监禁父亲的家庭角色和责任很少成为机构政策、学术研究或儿童福利服务的关注焦点。本文探讨了在制定政策和提供服务时必须解决的问题，这些政策和服务旨在促进父子关系的维系以及父亲在被监禁期间的尽责养育。文章描述了狱中男性的家庭角色和结构，并审视了公众认知与囚犯父母现实生活经历之间的差异。文中讨论了惩教政策和儿童福利实践影响和塑造父亲养育能力及父子关系的方式，并提出了为父亲及其子女和家庭营造支持性环境的策略。
