NCJ Number
232784
Editor(s)
J. Mark Eddy,
Julie Poehlmann
Date Published
2010
Length
384 pages
Annotation
Children of Incarcerated Parents integrates a diverse literature, pulling together rigorous scholarship from criminology, sociology, law, psychiatry, social work, nursing, psychology, human development, and family studies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers will find here new research and policies that will improve these children's life chances.
Abstract
For the nearly 2 million children in the United States whose parents are in prison, caretaking necessary for optimal development is disrupted. These vulnerable youtha population that has shot up 80 percent in the last 20 yearsare more likely to experience learning difficulties, poor health, and substance abuse, and eventually be incarcerated themselves. Children of Incarcerated Parents integrates a diverse literature, pulling together rigorous scholarship from criminology, sociology, law, psychiatry, social work, nursing, psychology, human development, and family studies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers will find here new research and policies that will improve these children's life chances.