Parental Incarceration and Multiple Risk Experiences: Effects on Family Dynamics and Children's Delinquency

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1471-1484

  Aaron, Lauren ^a   Dallaire, Danielle H ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk experience; Delinquency; Family processes; Parental incarceration

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; POVERTY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CRIME VICTIMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; POVERTY; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77958013868     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9458-0     Document Type: Article

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