Consequences of Family Member Incarceration: Impacts on Civic Participation and Perceptions of the Legitimacy and Fairness of Government

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-73

  Lee, Hedwig ^a   Porter, Lauren C ^b   Comfort, Megan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fairness; legitimacy; mass incarceration; political socialization; prisoners' families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888084456     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716213502920     Document Type: Article

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