Quantifying maternal incarceration: a whole-population linked data study of Western Australian children born 1985-2011.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings present the first census of children affected by maternal incarceration within an Australian State and identify a large disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Implications for Public Health: This study highlights the importance of formal consideration of children of women prisoners in the development of criminal justice policies and practices.
PMID: 27868299 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Dowell CM, Preen DB, Segal L Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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