Detrimental for Some? Heterogeneous Effects of Maternal Incarceration on Child Wellbeing

Criminology and Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-156

  Turney, Kristin ^a   Wildeman, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child wellbeing; Heterogeneous treatment effect models; Maternal incarceration; Parental incarceration; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922948504     PISSN: 15386473     EISSN: 17459133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9133.12109     Document Type: Article

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