Date of Conferral
2020
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Criminal Justice
Advisor
Tony Gaskew
Abstract
This study was focused on the challenges experienced by children who had a parent incarcerated during their adolescence. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of adult child survivors of parental incarceration in a rural community and to describe the impact that parental incarceration had on children during adolescence and into young adulthood. The research questions were designed to examine the perceived challenges facing adult children of parental incarceration in rural areas and policy intervention programs that would be most effective at supporting children of parental incarceration during adolescence and the transition into adulthood. Data were collected using face-to-face, semi structured interviews with 6 adult child survivors of parental incarceration in a rural community. The findings of the study indicated that parental incarceration significantly impacted children by creating challenges, stressor, and traumas during adolescence that extended into adulthood. The results of the study highlighted the issues surrounding parental incarceration for children in rural communities and can inform policy on the most effective intervention programs to create social change to better support and assist this population of children.
Recommended Citation
Loudy, Jeanette Kathleen, "Supporting Intervention for Adolescents of Incarcerated Parents in Rural Areas" (2020). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 9174.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/9174
