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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Social sciences
Notes
Copyright - Copyright ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing 2014
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
Pages
60
Publisher
California State University, Los Angeles
City of Publication
Ann Arbor
ISSN/ISBN
9781303283123
DOI
9781303283123
Reference ID
5091