The ties that bind : stories of women in prison who are mothers to older adult children

Lockwood, KA

Abstract

Focussing on the individual stories of mothers in prison and those who have recently been released from prison, within this chapter, I consider the way in which women story motherhood in relation to older adult children. Presenting three interrelated narratives, ‘Mothering from a distance: stories of missing out on children's transitions to adulthood’; ‘“Motherwork”: stories of participating in mothering adult children’ and ‘“Role reversal”: stories of receiving support from adult children’, I consider the specific challenges and opportunities for mothers in prison with older adult children.

• Publication Date: Sep 16, 2020
• Deposit Date: Aug 13, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 18, 2020
• Pages: 105-125
• Book Title: Mothering from the inside : research on motherhood and imprisonment
• ISBN: 9781789733440-(hardback);-9781789733433-(ebook)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-343-320201009
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-343-320201009
• Related Public URLs: https://doi.org/10.1108/9781789733433
• Additional Information: Access Information : This author accepted manuscript is deposited under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC) licence. This means that anyone may distribute, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, subject to full attribution. If you wish to use this manuscript for commercial purposes, please contact [e-mail]; Funders : Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC);Welsh Government;University of Huddersfield;NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Projects : Mothering from the inside;Evaluation of homelessness services for prison leavers;Constructive connections: building resilience of families affected by the justice system. A research project for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Grant Number: ES/I902597/1; Grant Number: C200/2016/2017; Grant Number: GGC0472