"motherhood starts in prison": The experience of motherhood among women in prison

Family Process

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-340

  Shamai, Michal ^a   Kochal, Rinat Billy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Motherhood; Motherhood in prison; Prison; Women in prison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 51349159186     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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