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New Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents
The 2nd edition Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents comes out in August 2019
How Witnessing a Parent’s Arrest Affects a Child
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…
Adverse Childhood Experiences Update
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…
Turning the Tide in Corrections to Address Racial and Economic Disparities
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…
Separation and Detention of Parents and Children at the Border: Lessons from Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children & Families
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…
Resources for Children with Incarcerated Parents in Wisconsin
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…
Left Behind
New story from the Isthmus focuses on children with incarcerated parents
NCFR Family Policy Report: How Parental Incarceration Harms Children
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…
New Book Focuses on Interventions for Children with Incarcerated Parents
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…