... on the children. The extent to which a child will be affected by parental incarceration depends on a large number of variables, including the age at which the parent-child separation occurs, length of the separation, health of the family, disruptiveness of the incarceration, child's familiarity with the placement or new caregiver, strength of the parent-child relationship, number and result of previous ... separation experiences, nature of parent's crime, length of parent's sentence, availability of family or community support, and the degree of stigma that the community associates with...

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... family and friends. They talk to the person about how they are concerned. They bring up ways to treat the disease and places the person could possibly attend for a certain length of time to help them get sober. Sometimes these interventions turn out for the worst, especially if the person of interest doesn't believe they have a problem. On the other hand ... ...

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... ) any basis on which the persons plan and undertake joint social activities; (d) the nature of the persons' commitment to each other, including: (i) the duration of the relationship; and (ii) the length of time during which the persons have lived together; and (iii) the degree of companionship and emotional support that the persons draw from each other; and (iv) whether the persons ... ...

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... various patterns of immigration, there exists much heterogeneity among the Mexican American population. Mexican American families span the continuum of acculturation and assimilation, depending on the conditions of their immigration, length of time in the United States, and their sense of relatedness. Although there continues to be a disproportionate number of Mexican American families in the lower socioeconomic levels, there has been ... ...

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