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Partners of Incarcerated Men: Questioning Caring Stereotypes

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In England, families have been described as “a key source of support for prisoners during their time in custody and on their release” (HM Inspectorate of Prisons 2016, 3).

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    Karen Souza, Caroline Lanskey, Lucy Markson & Friedrich Lösel

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Souza, K., Lanskey, C., Markson, L., Lösel, F. (2019). Partners of Incarcerated Men: Questioning Caring Stereotypes. In: Hutton, M., Moran, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family . Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12744-2_11

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