Family and residential instability in the context of paternal and maternal incarceration

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-247

  Tasca, Melinda ^a   Rodriguez, Nancy ^a   Zatz, Marjorie S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

changes in guardianship; maternal incarceration; parental incarceration; paternal incarceration; residential instability; youth rearrest

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551578251     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810391632     Document Type: Article

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