Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The Effect of Paternal Incarceration on Children's Risk of Foster Care Placement. |
| Authors: |
Andersen, Signe Hald, Wildeman, Christopher |
| Source: |
Social Forces. Sep2014, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p269-298. 30p. |
| Subjects: |
Children of prisoners, Foster home care, Foster children, Fathers, Children, Imprisonment, Sentencing reform, Community service (Punishment), Social conditions in Denmark, 1945-, Social history |
| Geographic Terms: |
Denmark |
| Abstract: |
Research on the relationship between parental incarceration and foster care placement is limited in three ways: it (1) it focuses solely on maternal imprisonment and provides neither (2) strong causal tests nor (3) tests of mediation. In this article, we address these gaps by providing a rationale for how paternal imprisonment may increase children's risk of foster care placement and by using Danish registry data to conduct a strong causal test of this relationship (using a recent policy change) and to test relevant mechanisms. The results provide compelling evidence of a causal effect of paternal imprisonment on children's risk of foster care placement in Denmark and imply that changes in family finances and family structure do little to explain these effects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
