Falling Behind? Children’s Early Grade Retention after Paternal Incarceration

Sociology of Education

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 241-258

  Turney, Kristin ^a   Haskins, Anna R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

elementary school; grade retention; paternal incarceration; social inequality; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907229812     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040714547086     Document Type: Article

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