BONNIE E. CARLSON is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, State University of New York at Albany. She is an editor of No Child Is Unadoptable: Reader on the Adoption of Children with Special Needs (1980) and has written and conducted research on domestic violence, social work with vulnerable groups, and drug addiction.NEIL CERVERA is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Albany Medical College, and Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, State University of New York at Albany. He has written on family support programs, teenage pregnancy, and involuntary childlessness.

• Preface Introduction The Literature on Incarceration and Family Life Research Methods Inmate Family Coping Family Relations Findings: Family Reunion Program Policies, Programs and Services Clinical Intervention with Inmates and Their Families Conclusions and Research Recommendations References

BONNIE E. CARLSON is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, State University of New York at Albany. She is an editor of No Child Is Unadoptable: Reader on the Adoption of Children with Special Needs (1980) and has written and conducted research on domestic violence, social work with vulnerable groups, and drug addiction.NEIL CERVERA is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Albany Medical College, and Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, State University of New York at Albany. He has written on family support programs, teenage pregnancy, and involuntary childlessness.

• Preface Introduction The Literature on Incarceration and Family Life Research Methods Inmate Family Coping Family Relations Findings: Family Reunion Program Policies, Programs and Services Clinical Intervention with Inmates and Their Families Conclusions and Research Recommendations References