The effect of maternal incarceration on adult offspring involvement in the criminal justice system

Huebner, Beth M.; Gustafson, Regan

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2007.03.005

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“…These observations are in fact supported by previous research providing evidence on consequences of parental incarceration for the next generation. 3,36,37 The literature reviewed is suggestive and points to the need to investigate these relationships. Indeed, the USA incarcerates more individuals than any other country in the world.…”

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Correlates of the Sex Trade among African–American Youth Living in Urban Public Housing: Assessing the Role of Parental Incarceration and Parental Substance Use

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African-American youth are disproportionately affected by parental incarceration and the consequences of parental substance use. Many adapt to the loss of their parents to prison or drug addiction by engaging in sex-risk behavior, particularly the sex trade. These youth may engage in this risky behavior for a number of reasons. Although previous research has examined this issue, most of these studies have focused on runaway or street youth or youth in international settings. Empirical evidence on correlates of trading sex for money among urban African-American youth is practically missing. Using a sample of 192 African-American youth living in urban public housing, this paper attempts to rectify this gap in knowledge by assessing how individual and parental factors are related to the likelihood of a youth trading sex for money. The sample for this study reported a mean age of 19; 28 % reported having traded sex for money; 30 % had a father currently in prison; and 7 % reported having a mother currently in prison. Maternal incarceration and paternal substance use were associated with a higher likelihood of trading sex for money. Given the potential health risks associated with trading sex for money, understanding correlates of this behavior has important implications for the health of this vulnerable population of youth and urban health in general.

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Section: Literature Review Demographic Characteristics and Trading Sexmentioning

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Correlates of the Sex Trade among African–American Youth Living in Urban Public Housing: Assessing the Role of Parental Incarceration and Parental Substance Use

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“…A major finding in this paper indicates that they are also intricately linked. Although it is well documented that the loss of a parent to prison and alcohol problems are linked to behaviors in their offspring [37,38], including sexual behavior [17], this paper represents a first to empirically assess how these two specific parental hardships are related to age of sexual onset. Furthermore, no studies have explored these relationships within communities with a heavy presence of drug activities, that are targets of the war on drugs, that are hardest hit by mass incarceration, and that are home to our nation's most vulnerable population of youth (i.e., urban public housing developments).…”

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Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse and Parental Incarceration among African American Youth Living in Urban Public Housing

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“…While there is some evidence that there may be some level of family dysfunction before the arrest, there is generally little access to that information [14,40]. This battle of temporal order complicates determining if the parental incarceration was the impetus for antisocial behavior or if the behavior was evident before the incarceration [40]. This is another instance in which utilizing cross-systems data (police, child welfare, school etc.)…”

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Methodological Concerns in the Study of Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Behavior and Children of Incarcerated Parents

Parsons‐Pollard¹

2011

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This study seeks to focus on the methodological concerns found in intergenerational transmission of criminal behavior studies of children of incarcerated parents. In reviewing the literature it is evident that parental incarceration has a significant impact on children but unfortunately many of the studies suffer from methodological concerns that limit the generalizability of the findings and the ability to extend the origins of the antisocial behavior across generations. The concerns include 1) the lack of reliable data available 2) small sample sizes and lack of control groups 3) lack of variation in reporters of data 4) very little information about subjects before incarceration 5) the need for data related to high risk urban populations 6) the use of retrospective data, and 7) few studies the meet the criteria outlined by Thornberry.

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The effect of maternal incarceration on adult offspring involvement in the criminal justice system

Cited by 182 publications

References 51 publications

Correlates of the Sex Trade among African–American Youth Living in Urban Public Housing: Assessing the Role of Parental Incarceration and Parental Substance Use

Correlates of the Sex Trade among African–American Youth Living in Urban Public Housing: Assessing the Role of Parental Incarceration and Parental Substance Use

Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse and Parental Incarceration among African American Youth Living in Urban Public Housing

Methodological Concerns in the Study of Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Behavior and Children of Incarcerated Parents

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