children of prisoners

Discusses how to deal with problems common to children of incarcerated parents.

Having been abandoned at birth in London's Newgate prison, Moll Flanders uses her disreputable skills in order to survive in the corrupt society of eighteenth-century England. However, eventually Moll arrives in America and finds her fortune there. Includes a glossary of historic terminology.

Discusses through text and photographs what it's like for a child to have a parent in jail and how to find support for emotional needs.

Harley Altmyer, left to raise his three younger sisters when his once-devoted mother is sent to prison, is struggling along just fine until he meets and becomes obsessed with the sexy, melancholic mother of two who lives down the road.

A black tenant farmer flees Georgia for the North. Years later, he returns home to face his wife's death, his son's imprisonment, and a last chance at personal salvation.

Explores the lives of children whose parents are under criminal justice supervision, whether in prison, on probation, or on parole, focusing on the lasting impact their parents' incarceration has on their child's future.

Presents the plights of an estimated 2.3 million children who have an incarcerated parent, as told through the stories of actual cases.

Presents Daniel Defoe's eighteenth-century novel about a woman born in Newgate prison who becomes an infamous prostitute and thief in both England and the American colonies.