Children of the prison boom : mass incarceration and the future of American inequality /

'Children of the Prison Boom' describes the devastating effects of America's experiment in mass incarceration for a generation of vulnerable children. Wakefield and Wildeman find that parental imprisonment leads to increased mental health and behavioural problems, infant mortality, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wakefield, Sara
Otros Autores: Wildeman, Christopher James, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Colección:Studies in crime and public policy.
Temas:
Children of prisoners > United States > Social conditions.
Corrections > Social aspects > United States.
Imprisonment > United States.
Equality > United States.
Enfants de prisonniers > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Services correctionnels > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Emprisonnement > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Corrections > Social aspects.
Equality.
Imprisonment.
United States.
Statistics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:'Children of the Prison Boom' describes the devastating effects of America's experiment in mass incarceration for a generation of vulnerable children. Wakefield and Wildeman find that parental imprisonment leads to increased mental health and behavioural problems, infant mortality, and child homelessness which translate into large-scale increases in racial inequality.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199989232
0199989230
0199989222
9780199989225
9781306082358
1306082358
0190624590
9780190624590
0199989249
9780199989249

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