The relationship between parental incarceration and incarceration

Citation

Jimenez, Claudia C. (2014). The relationship between parental incarceration and incarceration.

Abstract

The increasing number of incarcerated men and women has led to a corresponding increase in the number of children subjected to the damaging effects of parental incarceration. This study hypothesized that individuals who have experienced parental incarceration have a greater tendency to be incarcerated compared to individuals who have not experienced parental incarceration. This paper reviews the literature on the history of incarceration, theories explaining the effect of incarceration, and examines implications parental incarceration has on children leading them to be incarcerated. The public secondary dataset used included 5,114 participants from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The results of both chi square tests indicate that participants are more likely to experience incarceration when their parent (especially father) has been incarcerated compared to participants whose parents have not been incarcerated. Efforts should focus on decreasing harmful effects faced by children and parents with a history of incarceration.

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Keyword(s)

Social sciences

Notes

Reference Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Book Title

Social Work

Author(s)

Jimenez, Claudia C.

Series Author(s)

Huynh-Hohnbaum, Anh-Luu

Year Published

2014

Volume Number

1542811

Publisher

California State University, Los Angeles

City of Publication

Ann Arbor

ISSN/ISBN

9781303283123

DOI