LORI B. GIRSHICK is on the faculty of Warren Wilson College, where she teaches sociology and women's studies courses. She has experience in the domestic violence field and has worked in an agency providing services to people with HIV. Dr. Girshick's work has appeared in The Prison Journal, Reproductive Health Resources, Violence Update, Policy Studies Journal, and Policy Issues for the Elderly Poor.

• Prologue: I Leave in the Dark of MorningIntroductionWhy Study Wives of Prisoners?Families and IncarcerationDataLiving with SecretsRelationship RealitiesFamily FinancesVisiting at the PrisonDealing with the SystemThe Role of the FamilyConclusionPrison Policy and RecommendationsWives as Caretakers: There's More to It than ThatAppendix A: QuestionnaireAppendix B: Follow-up Survey SummaryAppendix C: The Author on Her Research ExperienceReferences

LORI B. GIRSHICK is on the faculty of Warren Wilson College, where she teaches sociology and women's studies courses. She has experience in the domestic violence field and has worked in an agency providing services to people with HIV. Dr. Girshick's work has appeared in The Prison Journal, Reproductive Health Resources, Violence Update, Policy Studies Journal, and Policy Issues for the Elderly Poor.

• Prologue: I Leave in the Dark of MorningIntroductionWhy Study Wives of Prisoners?Families and IncarcerationDataLiving with SecretsRelationship RealitiesFamily FinancesVisiting at the PrisonDealing with the SystemThe Role of the FamilyConclusionPrison Policy and RecommendationsWives as Caretakers: There's More to It than ThatAppendix A: QuestionnaireAppendix B: Follow-up Survey SummaryAppendix C: The Author on Her Research ExperienceReferences

LORI B. GIRSHICK is on the faculty of Warren Wilson College, where she teaches sociology and women's studies courses. She has experience in the domestic violence field and has worked in an agency providing services to people with HIV. Dr. Girshick's work has appeared in The Prison Journal, Reproductive Health Resources, Violence Update, Policy Studies Journal, and Policy Issues for the Elderly Poor.

• Prologue: I Leave in the Dark of MorningIntroductionWhy Study Wives of Prisoners?Families and IncarcerationDataLiving with SecretsRelationship RealitiesFamily FinancesVisiting at the PrisonDealing with the SystemThe Role of the FamilyConclusionPrison Policy and RecommendationsWives as Caretakers: There's More to It than ThatAppendix A: QuestionnaireAppendix B: Follow-up Survey SummaryAppendix C: The Author on Her Research ExperienceReferences