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At the end of 2016, approximately 1.5 million people were incarcerated in state and federal prisons (Carson, 2021), and more than half of these prisoners are parents of at least one minor child (Maruschak et al., 2021). Upon their...
Research on attentive publics has worked towards identifying who is considered attentive, how the attentive public is different from the general public, and how policy makers should take their views into consideration (Devine, 1970;...
A large body of research links family-related factors to various child, adolescent, and adult outcomes. Research has identified a broad range of outcomes that are affected by family structure, processes, and dynamics, such as education, ...
A wealth of research has documented the association between low self-control and child victimization. However, the conditions under which low self-control has the greatest impact on victimization have rarely been examined and, more...
In recent years, criminologists have increasingly focused on understanding stability and change in crime over the life-course. Transitions such as marriage, work, and military service are considered to be potential turning points in the...
There is a great deal of research about prisons, but there is a gap in research about jails in the correctional literature. This is particularly true for research about jail inmate reentry. Much of what is known is descriptive in nature, ...
When police stop and question an individual for suspected delinquency or crime, they may either arrest that individual or release them without any formal arrest. Most of the criminological literature relating to police contact...
In the early 1900s researchers began to examine various dimensions of the human personality. Throughout the years this research has solidified the notion that there are several master traits that every individual possess to some degree...
Atmospheric fronts are responsible for changes in temperature, precipitation, and wind direction, and are often associated with extremes related to the weather, such as cold snaps and flooding, that have significant socio-economic...
The purpose of this study is to answer the call for studies on the well-being of parents with adolescents and to gain further understanding of its influential mechanisms in family systems. Guided by family systems theory (Minuchin, 1974)...
Emerging adulthood is a phase of the life-course unique to the 21st century that was brought about by rapid social, cultural, and demographic changes to society (Arnett, 2000a, 2000b, 2004, 2007, 2015). These changes include delays in...
Abstract Informal processing has been a central feature of the juvenile court since its inception at the turn of the twentieth century. Taking many forms over the last century, one of the more common examples of informal processing...
The U.S. regularly incarcerates its residents, where time spent behind bars is overwhelmingly negative (Massoglia, 2008a; Rose & Clear, 1998). But not all persons have an equal chance of incarceration. State and federal policies target...
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