Children of the Prison Boom

Children of the Prison Boom
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9780199989225
ISBN-13 : 0199989222
Rating : 4/5 (222 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Children of the Prison Boom by : Sara Wakefield

Download or read book Children of the Prison Boom written by Sara Wakefield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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