Children's antisocial behavior, mental health, drug use, and educational performance after parental incarceration: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Unprecedented numbers of children experience parental incarceration worldwide. Families and children of prisoners can experience multiple difficulties after parental incarceration, including traumatic separation, loneliness, stigma, confused explanations to children, unstable childcare arrangements, strained parenting, reduced income, and home, school, and neighborhood moves. Children of incarcerated parents often have multiple, stressful life events before parental incarceration. Theoretically, children with incarcerated parents may be at risk for a range of adverse behavioral outcomes. A systematic review was conducted to synthesize empirical evidence on associations between parental incarceration and…

• WT
  Wellcome Trust

  Award: 089963/Z/09/Z
• BA
  British Academy
• OO
  Office of Justice Programs
• EA
  Economic and Social Research Council

  Award: RES-000-