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Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners (Urban Institute Press)
Julie Poehlmann
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Paperback. Series: Urban Institute Press. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
For the nearly 2 million children in the United States whose parents are in prison, caretaking necessary for optimal development is disrupted. These vulnerable youth-a population that has shot up 80 percent in the last 20 years-are more likely to experience learning difficulties, poor health, and substance abuse, and eventually be incarcerated themselves. Addressing the needs of children with imprisoned parents is urgent from corrections, child welfare, health care, and education perspectives. Children of Incarcerated Parents integrates a diverse literature, pulling together rigorous scholarship from criminology, sociology, law, psychiatry, social work, nursing, psychology, human development, and family studies. Researchers, practitioners, ... Read more
For the nearly 2 million children in the United States whose parents are in prison, caretaking necessary for optimal development is disrupted. These vulnerable youth-a population that has shot up 80 percent in the last 20 years-are more likely to experience learning difficulties, poor health, and substance abuse, and eventually be incarcerated themselves. Addressing the needs of children with imprisoned parents is urgent from corrections, child welfare, health care, and education perspectives. Children of Incarcerated Parents integrates a diverse literature, pulling together rigorous scholarship from criminology, sociology, law, psychiatry, social work, nursing, psychology, human development, and family studies. Researchers, practitioners, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Urban Institute Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Urban Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780877667681
SKU
V9780877667681
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