Kids With Incarcerated Parents
By Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, PhD
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https://www.nccdglobal.org/blog/how-witnessing-parents-arrest-affects-child One of my Ph.D. graduates, Cynthia Burnson, wrote this piece for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency blog. Click on the link above to read it.
Article Review: “Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences From the 2011-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in 23 States” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30242348 Full-text link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2702204 The foundation for lifelong health, well-being and prosperity begins during an individual’s...
Last week (September 15, 2018) there was an interesting article in The Economist Magazine. It is titled, Australia’s Aboriginals: Turning the tide. https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/09/15/australias-aboriginals-try-a-novel-approach-to-fighting-crime The article gave a brief introduction to the disproportionate incarceration rates...
http://cimmcw.org/resources/cicw-publications/research-briefs/ Two new research briefs are available from the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Summarizes recent findings on the negative consequences of parental incarceration on children and families, identifies the connection to detention...
Madison-area Urban Ministry is a wonderful resource for children with incarcerated parents and their families in Wisconsin, especially in the Dane County area. My students and I have participated in MUM’s Returning Prisoner Simulation,...
A new family policy report from the National Council on Family Relations, written by sociologists Sarah Wakefield and Chris Wildeman, focuses on children with incarcerated parents. It includes excellent suggestions for what can be...
This new volume provides a multidisciplinary analysis of how parental incarceration affects children and what can be done to help them. Contributors to this book bring a wide array of tools for studying the children...
Read the story that the Center for Healthy Minds wrote about supporting children with incarcerated parents
In this video, I describe the results of a new study focusing on the evaluation of Sesame Street’s Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration materials on children with jailed parents. The study was a joint...
