Concentrated Incarceration Effects on Families
Children:
- Developmental and emotional strains
- Less parental supervision
- Greater risk of parental abuse
- Increased risk of encounters with justice system
- Difficulty sustaining intimate relationships with partner
- Increased risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases
- More likely to break up
- Economic strains
- Teenage pregnancies more likely
- Delinquency involvement more likely
- Less positive feelings about one another
- Isolation between neighbors