The mass incarceration of parents in america: Issues of race/ ethnicity, collateral damage to children, and prisoner reentry

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 623, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-194

  Foster, Holly ^a   Hagan, John ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Parental incarceration; Race ethnicity; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349182017     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208331123     Document Type: Article

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