Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Handbook of Researchers

Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Handbook of Researchers and Practitioners (Urban Institute Press)

For the nearly 2 million children in the United States whose parents are in prison, caretaking necessary for optimal development is disrupted. These vulnerable youthâ€”a population that has shot up 80 percent in the last 20 yearsâ€”are more likely to experience learning difficulties, poor health, and substance abuse, and eventually be incarcerated themselves. Addressing the needs of children with imprisoned parents is urgent from corrections, child welfare, health care, and education perspectives. Children of Incarcerated Parents integrates a diverse literature, pulling together rigorous scholarship from criminology, sociology, law, psychiatry, social work, nursing, psychology, human development, and family studies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers will find in this volume here new directions for research and policies that will improve these children's life chances.
Country USA
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2010-11-24
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2010-11-24
Format	Kindle eBook

Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Handbook of Researchers and Practitioners (Urban Institute Press)