CCIP
Client Publications
The
Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents offers a
variety of original publications for clients. These
items are available through the CCIP Clearinghouse
and include:
·
Information for Families, a CCIP brochure
·
The
Booklist for Children of Prisoners
·
The
CCIP Family Contracts Package
·
What About the Kids? An Information Sheet for
Arrested Parents
·
Selecting a Temporary Caregiver for Your Child
·
When Incarcerated Parents Lose Contract with Their
Children
These items are available free to clients by mail.
For more information, you may write or email the
Center at:
The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
P.O. Box 41-286
Eagle Rock, California 90041
Email:
ccip@earthlink.net
The Clearinghouse Project
The
CCIP Clearinghouse maintains a collection of over
3500 documentary and audiovisual items relating to
families in the criminal justice system.
The
Clearinghouse offers two catalogs: one for
incarcerated parents and their families, who may
receive ordered items free of charge, and one for
all other users who are charged the cost of shipping
and handling. The Clearinghouse catalogs list items
written and published by CCIP, as well as items from
the popular, scholarly and program literatures.
Items for which CCIP holds distribution
rights---including original CCIP, Prison MATCH and
Phase ReEntry Program documents and tapes---may be
ordered in any quantity at their original price but
may not be duplicated without written permission
from CCIP. The Clearinghouse distributes only single
reproductions of all other items.
Although new items are regularly added to the
catalog, the Clearinghouse collection includes
literally thousands of items which have not been
cataloged. Users may access uncataloged items by
requesting a search; searches for single topic and
multiple topic requests are conducted by staff for a
fee. Information about searches of the
Clearinghouse collection can be obtained by writing
or emailing us.
All
catalog and search proceeds go toward maintenance of
the Clearinghouse and the subsidy of free materials
for prisoners and their families. The Clearinghouse
is supported solely through income earned by these
sales.
Download the CCIP Clearinghouse Catalog
CCIP Clearinghouse Catalog - (144k/PDF).
Items from the Clearinghouse collection are also
available prepaid by mail. For more information, you
may write or email the Center at:
The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
P.O. Box 41-286
Eagle Rock, California 90041
Email:
ccip@earthlink.net
CCIP Research
The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents has conducted 11
major research projects since it opened in 1989.
These include the following completed studies:
Jailed
Mothers Project (1990-91)
A team of 4 formerly incarcerated mothers
interviewed all 114 mothers jailed at the Robert
Presley Detention Center in Riverside County,
California. Fourteen of the mothers refused to
participate in the study. The 100 mothers studied
had a total of 228 children between the ages of
birth and 32 years. Demographics, criminal justice
history, family history, personal history,
intergenerational trauma and incarceration
histories, and re-entry problems were examined.
Published in Children of Incarcerated Parents
(1995).
The Children of Offenders Study (1992)
A total of 58 children of criminal offenders who
were receiving school-based therapeutic services
were studied. Investigators examined child
demographics, developmental history, health history,
academic history, family configurations, family
criminal justice history, school behavior and
performance, and involvement in maladaptive
behaviors. Excerpts published in Children of
Incarcerated Parents (1995).
Parent-Child Prison Visitation (1993)
In cooperation with a California Department of
Corrections visitor hospitality agency, adults
supervising a total of 240 children who were
visiting adults at 6 California prisons were
surveyed. The study examined the children's prior
relationship to the parent they were visiting and
child behavioral reactions to the visits. Published
in Children of Incarcerated Parents (1995).
The Therapeutic Intervention Project (1993)
The Children of Offenders Study (1992, above) was
extended into a longitudinal format in 1993. A total
of 212 children were included in this portion of the
study.
Child Custody Advocacy Services for Incarcerated Parents (1994)
Demographics and needs of 660 incarcerated parents,
and services provided by the Center's Child Custody
Advocacy Services [CHICAS] Project from January 1,
1990 through December 31, 1994 were reported in this
study. This study was published in The Prison
Journal (April, 1995).
Jail Visiting Environments (1995)
Fifty eight of 85 (68.2%) jail facilities in the
state of California were examined by survey,
including 87.5% of "mega" facilities, 40% of large
and medium facilities and 33% of small facilities.
Respondents were asked to report on types of
visitation offered and to describe barrier visiting
area environments, including types of barriers,
communication devices, visitor counters and seating,
other furnishings, decoration and modifications of
waiting and/or visiting areas for use by children.
Visual surveys were also conducted at 14 (24.1%) of
the responding facilities. This study was published
in Children's Environments (March, 1995).
Children of Criminal Offenders I (1996)
This report represented an update on a longitudinal
study of 626 children of currently and formerly
incarcerated parents.
The following research was recently completed or is still in
progress:
Children of Criminal Offenders & Foster Care, I (1999-2000)
A total of 68 children in long-term foster care with
a private child welfare agency were studied.
Investigators interviewed children and their foster
caregivers, examining child demographics, family
configurations, development, school performance,
maladaptive behaviors, traumatic experiences, family
involvement in the criminal justice system and the
foster care experience. Children of criminal
offenders were compared to other children in
long-term foster care.
Children of Criminal Offenders II (2000)
A total of 210 randomly-selected public school
children and their parents/caregivers were
interviewed in this study. Investigators examined
child demographics, family configurations, child
developmental history, school performance,
maladaptive behaviors, traumatic experiences, family
involvement in the criminal justice system and the
foster care experience. Children of criminal
offenders were compared to other children. This
study will be published in 2001.
National Survey of Residential, Mother-Child Correctional
Programs (2000-01)
Thirteen of the 16 U.S. prison nurseries and
community mother-child facilities which house women
prisoners and their infants or young children in the
were surveyed in the first national study of these
programs. This study will be published in 2001.
Children of Criminal Offenders & Foster Care II (2001-02)
This study replicates the Children of Criminal
Offenders & Foster Care I Study but is being
conducted in a public child welfare system among
children in all classes of foster care. Two
chronologic cohorts of 210 children each will be
examined.
Download the CCIP Clearinghouse Catalog
CCIP Clearinghouse
Catalog
- (144k/PDF).
The Center's Research Monographs are also available prepaid by
mail through the CCIP Clearinghouse. For more
information, write or email the Center at:
The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
P.O. Box 41-286
Eagle Rock, California 90041
Email:
ccip@earthlink.net
