Children of the Prison Boom Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality

Name: Children of the Prison Boom Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality
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ISBN: 9780199989225

ISBN-10: 0199989222

ISBN-13: 9780199989225

Edition: 2014

Authors: Sara Wakefield, Christopher Wildeman

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An unrelenting prison boom, marked by racial disparities, characterized the latter third of the twentieth century. Drawing upon broadly representative survey data and qualitative interviews, Children of the Prison Boom describes the devastating effects of America's experiment in mass incarceration for a generation of vulnerable children. Parental imprisonment has transformed from an event affecting only the unluckiest of children-children of parents whose involvement in crime would have been quite serious-to one that is remarkably common, especially for black children. Even for high-risk youth, Children of the Prison Boom shows that paternal incarceration makes a bad situation worse,…

Book details

List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/5/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.83" wide x 8.31" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

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