RT Article
T1 Incarceration Trajectories of Women Who Are Mothers: A Nationally Representative Study of State and Federal Prisoners
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 67
IS 10
SP 1513
OP 1535
A1 Zhao, Qianwei
A2 Valdez, Avelardo 1947-
A2 Cepeda, Alice
A2 Chou, Chih-Ping
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764040929
AB Despite growing research on women’s offending trajectories, knowledge on the imprisonment experiences of women who are mothers is limited. This study used a nationally representative dataset of state and federal prisoners to identify and characterize subgroups of mothers based on incarceration histories. Group-based trajectory modeling identified four groups with distinct incarceration trajectories: stable escalating group, moderate declining group, adolescence-peak group, and young-adulthood-peak group. Bivariate analyses then suggested that different incarceration trajectories were associated with adverse life experiences (i.e., foster care placement, sexual abuse experience) and confinement experiences (i.e., number of episodes of prison confinement). Discussed are the future research directions and implications for criminal justice policies and interventions targeting imprisoned mothers.
K1 foster care placement
K1 incarceration trajectories
K1 Mothers
K1 Prisons
K1 Sexual Abuse
DO 10.1177/0011128720974315