Delinquency among children of incarcerated parents: The role of pre-incarceration parental attachment

Noy Assaraf and Roni Factor

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2025, vol. 99, issue C

Abstract: While many studies have examined the impact of parental incarceration on children's delinquency, these have yielded mixed results. Currently, it remains unclear whether parental incarceration has positive, negative, or null effects on their children's future delinquency. The current study aims to clarify these mixed findings by examining the role of attachment in the relationship between parental incarceration and children's delinquency. Specifically, we examine whether this relationship is conditioned on attachment between the parent and child pre-incarceration.

Keywords: Parental incarceration; Delinquency among children of incarcerated parents; Attachment pre-incarceration; Quasi-experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102456

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