Beschreibung:
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 behavioral problems, infant mortality, and child homelessness which translate into large-scale increases in racial inequality.
Acknowledgements ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Social Patterning of Parental Imprisonment ; 3. Before and After Imprisonment ; 4. Paternal Incarceration and Mental Health and Behavioral Problems ; 5. Paternal Incarceration and Infant Mortality ; 6. Parental Incarceration and Child Homelessness ; 7. Mass Imprisonment and Childhood Inequality ; 8. Conclusion ; Methodological Appendix ; Notes ; References ; Index