RT Article
T1 Examining Parent-Child Contact Practices Among Incarcerated Parents With Mental Health Illnesses
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 71
IS 4
SP 1153
OP 1179
A1 Ahlin, Eileen M.
A2 Derlic, Dragana
A2 Kokkalera, Stuti
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1920469109
AB While there is a growing body of research on parent-child visitation among the general carceral population, less attention has been paid to examining parent-child contact practices among parents with mental health illness diagnoses. The current study uses a sample from the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates to analyze the associations between mental health illness diagnosis and various modalities of parent-child contact. Multivariate analyses of types of mental health illness diagnoses on six parent-child contact modalities demonstrate heterogeneity where not all mental health diagnoses reduce all parent-child contacts. Furthermore, incarcerated parents with multiple mental health illnesses are less likely to experience most forms of contact including in-person visits, phone calls, and mail.
K1 parent-child contact
K1 correctional facilities
K1 incarcerated parent
K1 Mental Health
DO 10.1177/00111287231155925