Parental Incarceration: Recent Trends and Implications for Child Welfare

Articles:

Title:: Parental Incarceration: Recent Trends and Implications for Child Welfare
Author(s):: Johnson, Elizabeth I.
Waldfogel, Jane
Date:: 2002
Type:: Articles
Department:: Social Work
Volume:: 76
Permanent URL:: http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:14648
Book/Journal Title:: Social Service Review
Abstract:: Using national survey data, we analyze 11-year trends in parental incarceration. Results indicate that children with incarcerated parents have become an increasingly large share of the foster care population since the mid-1980s and a notable share of U.S. children living with grandparent caregivers. Findings underscore the need to develop and implement specific child welfare and criminal justice policies for serving these families.
Subject(s):: Individual and family studies
DOI:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/341184