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Author: Haskins, Anna R.

Title: The Unintended Consequences of Mass Imprisonment: Effects of Paternal Incarceration on Child School Readiness

Summary: Though sociologists have examined the consequences of mass imprisonment of African-American men on the incarcerated men, their families, and their communities, no study has considered its impact on racial disparities in educational achievement. Analyzing the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and its rich paternal incarceration data, this study asks whether children with fathers who have been in prison are less prepared for school both academically and behaviorally as a result, and whether racial disparities in imprisonment explain some of the gap in white and black children‘s educational outcomes. Using a variety of estimation strategies, I show that experiencing paternal incarceration by age 5 is associated with lower child school readiness in behavioral but not cognitive skills. While the main effect of incarceration does not vary by race, boys with incarcerated fathers in their early childhood years have substantially worse behavioral skills at school entry. Because of the negative effects of incarceration on boys‘ behavioral skills and the much higher exposure of black children to incarceration, mass incarceration facilitates the intergenerational transmission of male behavioral disadvantage, and plays a role in explaining the persistently low achievement of black boys.

Details: Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Sociology, 2011. 65p.

Source: Internet Resource: Fragile Families Working Paper: 11-18-FF; Accessed September 24, 2011 at: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP11-18-FF.pdf

Year: 2011

Country: United States

URL: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP11-18-FF.pdf

Shelf Number: 122892

Keywords:
Children of Prisoners (U.S.)
Education
Families of Inmates
School Readiness