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Gatekeeping In Context: Babymama Drama and the Involvement of Incarcerated Fathers


  Author: Omari L. Dyson
Publisher: Mens Studies Press
Publication: Fathering
Document Date:                  September 22, 2005
Category: Crime And Violence > Incarceration
Related Categories:
Crime And Violence > Parental Criminality
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fatherhood
Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Absence
Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Involvement
 

This study explored ways incarcerated fathers and unincarcerated mothers negotiate father's access to children.  The study found that mothers were influential to fathers' identity by encouraging or discouraging fathering behaviour.

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