Incarceration Trajectories of Women Who Are Mothers: A Nationally Representative Study of State and Federal Prisoners

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 histo...

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Authors: Zhao, Qianwei (Author) ; Valdez, Avelardo 1947- (Author) ; Cepeda, Alice (Author) ; Chou, Chih-Ping (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2021, Volume: 67, Issue: 10, Pages: 1513-1535
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
foster care placement
incarceration trajectories
Mothers
Prisons
Sexual Abuse