RT Article
T1 Deterioration of Postincarceration Social Support for Emerging Adults
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 44
IS 10
SP 1317
OP 1339
A1 Pettus-Davis, Carrie
A1 Veeh, Christopher
A1 Doherty, Elaine Eggleston
A1 Drymon, Christina
A2 Veeh, Christopher
A2 Doherty, Elaine Eggleston
A2 Drymon, Christina
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1701015552
AB More than 2.5 million emerging adults (ages 18-25) are incarcerated annually and most do poorly after release. Social support after an individual’s release from incarceration is a critical protective factor against recidivism for emerging adults. However, little is known about the stability of support for emerging adults post incarceration. This study uses hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to examine whether social support declines over time after incarceration and how change in support may vary by incarceration length. Our findings show that, while a nonincarcerated group of justice-involved emerging adults experience relatively stable social support, there are negative and volatile effects of social support among their incarcerated counterparts. Moreover, longer incarceration stays are related to greater deterioration of support over time after community reentry for emerging adults. Study findings advance the field of postincarceration intervention development by responding to the challenge of determining the appropriate targets and length of interventions designed for emerging adults.
K1 Reentry
K1 Social support
K1 Intervention
K1 Family
K1 Emerging adult
K1 Youthful offender
K1 Incarceration
DO 10.1177/0093854817721936