Effects of Parental Incarceration on Children: Cross-National Comparitive Studies (Psychology, Crime, and Justice)
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1433817438 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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The concluding chapter considers implications for clinical practice, policy reform, and future research.. This is the most comprehensive book ever published on the topic of children whose parents have been incarcerated and how the experience may shape their development and their lives. The authors present the results from four recent large-scale studies undertaken across Europe and the USA and synthesize the data into a systematic meta-analysis of 50 studies, providing a remarkably rich source of data on the impact of parental imprisonment on child development
Bijleveld, PhD, studied psychology and criminal law at Leiden University, earning her degree in statistical analysis of categorical time series. Rolf Loeber, PhD, is professor of psychiatry, psychology, epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of several textbooks and the editor of other volumes on crime and justice in the Netherlands and on the association between employment and offending.David P. His main research interests are in deve
A timely resource Christopher Alexander Given the number of adults who are incarcerated in the United States, this is an important book for anyone working with children and families. For a few years, I worked as a psychologist in a maximum security prison here in New Mexico. Through all the other issues the inmates were dealing with, mos
About the Author Joseph Murray, PhD, is a senior research associate and Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow in the department of psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. After working as an assistant professor at Leiden University she moved to the WODC Research and Documentation Center of the Netherlands Ministry of Justice. He is director of the Life History Program and is principal investigator of two longitudinal studies, the Pittsburgh Youth Study and the Pittsburgh Girls Study. His main research interests are in developmental criminology, cross-national comparisons, and crime and violence in low- and middle-income countries