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Children of the prison boom : mass incarceration and the future of American inequality
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Children of the prison boom : mass incarceration and the future of American inequality / Sara Wakefield, Christopher Wildeman.
ISBN
9780199989232
0199989230
0199989222
9780199989225
9781306082358
1306082358
9780199989225
0190624590
9780190624590
0199989249
9780199989249
9780199347612
0199347611
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations.
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English.
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Summary
'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.
Variant and related titles
Mass incarceration and prison studies. Text.
Other formats
Print version: Wakefield, Sara. Children of the prison boom : mass incarceration and the future of American inequality. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014] Studies in crime and public policy
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Books / Online
Language
English
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October 10, 2024
Series
Studies in crime and public policy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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