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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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The social patterning of parental imprisonment
  • Before and after imprisonment
  • Paternal incarceration and mental health and behavioral problems
  • Paternal incarceration and infant mortality
  • Parental incarceration and child homelessness
  • Mass imprisonment and childhood inequality
  • Conclusion.