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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for families of inmates (u.s.)
4 results foundAuthor: Jones, Jerrett Title: Examining the Relationship between Paternal Incarceration, Maternal Stress, and Harsh Parenting Behaviors Summary: In response to rise of incarceration, there is a burgeoning literature examining the consequences of incarceration on families. Research has suggested that incarceration negatively impacts the well-being of partners connected to men with an incarceration history. However, research examining the effects of imprisonment on partners of former offenders remains underdeveloped. This area of research has yet to adequately address the methodological challenges associated with selection bias. This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N= 2,819) to examine the effect of paternal incarceration on maternal stress and harsh parenting behaviors. Using multiple methods and accounting for a rich set of covariates associated with incarceration, results run counter to existing literature. More specifically, after accounting for selection processes, the results suggest no relationship between paternal incarceration, maternal stress and harsh parenting behaviors. Research needs to address preexisting disadvantages that select partners to associating with criminal offenders. Details: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 2013. 37p. Source: Internet Resource: workingpapers/WP13-03-FF; Accessed February 7, 2013 at: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-03-FF.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-03-FF.pdf Shelf Number: 127520 Keywords: Children of PrisonersFamilies of Inmates (U.S.)Parenting |
Author: Turney, Kristin Title: The Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Effects of Paternal Incarceration on Maternal Neglect and Harsh Parenting Summary: The American incarceration rate has dramatically swelled since the 1970s, especially among poorly educated minority men, effectively increasing the number of families affected by the penal system. Despite escalating attention to the consequences of incarceration for families, little research considers the possibility that paternal incarceration is consequential for parenting among mothers who share children with currently or recently incarcerated men. In this manuscript, I use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a data source uniquely situated to understand the collateral consequences of incarceration for family life, and a series of propensity score models to examine the homogeneous and heterogeneous effects of paternal incarceration on three aspects of maternal parenting: neglect, psychological aggression, and physical aggression. First, results show that paternal incarceration has modest, negative effects on mothers’ physical aggression toward children but that observed effects on neglect and psychological aggression result from formidable selection forces. Second, and importantly, results show that considering the homogeneous effects of paternal incarceration overlooks heterogeneous effects. For psychological aggression and physical aggression, paternal incarceration is detrimental for mothers with a high propensity for attachment to recently incarcerated fathers but beneficial or inconsequential for mothers with a low propensity for such attachment. Taken together, results indicate that the collateral consequences of incarceration for family life may be concentrated among the most disadvantaged and, thus, have implications for increasing inequality among families. Details: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 2013. 42p. Source: Internet Resource: Working Paper: Accessed February 7, 2013 at: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-02-FF.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-02-FF.pdf Shelf Number: 127531 Keywords: Children of PrisonersFamilies of Inmates (U.S.)Parenting |
Author: Cox, Robynn Title: The Impact of Incarceration on Food Insecurity among Households with Children Summary: This study seeks to determine the role that parental incarceration plays on the probability of food insecurity among families with children and very low food security of children using micro-level data from the Fragile Families and Child Well Being Study (FFCWS). The data set contains the 18-question food security module which allows us to explore the link between incarceration and food insecurity and very low food security among children, families, and adults. The incidence of very low food security in our data is somewhat higher than the national average, but the incidence of other levels of food security is similar to national aggregates. Since there is likely reverse causality in the relationship between parental incarceration and food insecurity, we employ a variety of program evaluation techniques to identify the causal relationship between food insecurity and parental incarceration. We employ imputation techniques to account for non-response among the food security variables and independent variables. Our ordinary least squares results suggest that having at least one parent that has ever been incarcerated has a small positive effect (1 to 4 percentage points) on the probability of very low food security among children, adults and households with children, but the results are not significant in various specification. Food insecurity for adults and households with children (a less dire level of food insecurity than very low food security) is affected by parental incarceration under most specifications with magnitudes of impact from 4 to 15 percentage points. This research provides some evidence that incarceration adversely affects children and families in terms of food insecurity. Policies to mitigate the impact could be addressed through the court system whereby children are provided with court-sanctioned support to address food needs. Details: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 2013. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Fragile Families Working Paper: 13-05-FF: Accessed march 14, 2013 at: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-05-FF.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-05-FF.pdf Shelf Number: 127933 Keywords: Children of PrisonersEconomics of CrimeFamilies of Inmates (U.S.) |
Author: Turney, Kristin Title: Liminal Men: Incarceration and Family Instability Summary: Incarceration, now a rite of passage for many economically disadvantaged minority men involving an immediate and involuntary removal from families, places these marginal men in a liminal state where they are simultaneously members of families and isolated from families. Despite a burgeoning literature documenting the collateral consequences of incarceration for family life, as well as evidence that the deleterious effects of incarceration for maternal and child wellbeing stem from resultant family instability, much less is known about the direct link between incarceration and family instability. I consider this association with data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal survey uniquely positioned to understand the consequences of incarceration for family life. Results show that paternal incarceration is associated with relatively immediate relationship dissolution among couples in both marital and non-marital romantic partnerships when their child is born. But incarceration is inconsequential for couples that survive this initial period. The association between paternal incarceration and dissolution is not explained by post-incarceration changes in relationship quality, economic wellbeing, or physical and mental health, suggesting the liminality accompanying confinement is directly responsible for the deleterious consequences. Taken together, these findings document the consequences of liminality, link the literature on the collateral consequences of mass incarceration with the literature on demographic changes in family life, and have important implications for the transmission of inequality across generations. Details: Princeton, NJ: The Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, 2013. 56p. Source: Internet Resource: Working Paper: Accessed August 6, 2013 at: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-12-FF.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP13-12-FF.pdf Shelf Number: 129558 Keywords: Children of PrisonersFamilies of Inmates (U.S.) |