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Providing After Prison: Nonresident Fathers’ Formal and Informal Contributions to Children

Allison Dwyer Emory, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Maureen R. Waller, Daniel P. Miller, Alexandra Haralampoudis
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences March 2020, 6 (1) 84-112; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.04
Allison Dwyer Emory
aAssistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University at Buffalo
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Lenna Nepomnyaschy
bAssociate professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work
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Maureen R. Waller
cAssociate professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University
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Daniel P. Miller
dAssociate professor at the Boston University School of Social Work
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Alexandra Haralampoudis
ePhD candidate at the Rutgers School of Social Work
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Providing After Prison: Nonresident Fathers’ Formal and Informal Contributions to Children
Allison Dwyer Emory, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Maureen R. Waller, Daniel P. Miller, Alexandra Haralampoudis
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Mar 2020, 6 (1) 84-112; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.04

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Allison Dwyer Emory, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Maureen R. Waller, Daniel P. Miller, Alexandra Haralampoudis
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Mar 2020, 6 (1) 84-112; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2020.6.1.04
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    • INCARCERATION AND FATHERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHILDREN
    • POLICY PROTECTIONS FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED FATHERS
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