Incarceration in fragile families

Future of Children

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-177

  Wildeman, Christopher ^a   Western, Bruce ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL LAW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRISONER; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRIMINAL LAW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957351206     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2010.0006     Document Type: Article

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