Journal of Trauma & Treatment

Traumatic Impact of Familial Arrest on Young Children

Abstract

Yvonne H Roberts, Cindy A Crusto and Joy S Kaufman

Fifty-two percent of individuals incarcerated in state prisons and 63% of individuals in federal prisons are parents of minor children and many of them (22% of the children of state inmates and 16% of the children of federal inmates) are under the age of 5 years