nmm 22 4500 ICPSR22460 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130618s2008 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR22460 MiAaI MiAaI Exploring Factors Influencing Family Members Connections to Incarcerated Individuals in New Jersey, 2005-2006 [electronic resource] Johnna Christian 2008-12-23 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2008 ICPSR 22460 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-06-18. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. In order to develop a better understanding of the factors that influence whether a male prisoner's family stays involved in his life during incarceration, researchers conducted face-to-face interviews with inmates from two New Jersey prisons and their family members between May 2005 and July 2006. A total of 35 (25 from one prison and 10 from the other) inmates and 15 family members were interviewed, comprising 13 inmate and family dyads, 1 inmate and family triad, and an additional 21 inmate interviews. The data include variables that explore the family's relationship with the incarcerated individual in the following areas: the inmate's relationship with the family prior to the incarceration, the strain (emotional, economic, stigma) that the incarceration has placed on the family, the economic resources available to the family to maintain the inmate, the family's social support system, and the inmate's efforts to improve or rehabilitate himself while incarcerated. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22460.v1 crime impact icpsr family life icpsr family relations icpsr imprisonment icpsr inmate attitudes icpsr inmates icpsr life events icpsr male inmates icpsr ICPSR XVII.H. Social Institutions and Behavior, Family and Gender NACJD VI. Criminal Justice System Christian, Johnna Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 22460 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22460.v1