"In this volume, prominent scholars across multiple disciplines examine how parental incarceration affects children and what can be done to help them. Sociologists, demographers, developmental psychologists, family scientists, and criminologists summarize the strongest research on the consequences of parental incarceration for children, with special attention to mediating and moderating variables. Scholars review policies and interventions that could lessen the likelihood of parental incarceration and/or help children whose parents have been imprisoned or jailed"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction : Invigorating research and practice on children of incarcerated parents / Christopher Wildeman, Anna R. Haskins, and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan -- 1. The demographic landscape and sociological perspectives on parental incarceration and childhood inequality /Anna R. Haskins and Kristin Turney -- 2. Criminological perspectives on parental incarceration / Sara Wakefield and Robert J. Apel -- 3. Developmental and family perspectives on parental incarceration / Julie Poehlmann-Tynan and Joyce A. Arditti -- 4. Programs for currently and formerly incarcerated mothers / Danielle H. Dallaire and Rebecca J. Shlafer -- 5. Programs promoting the successful reentry of fathers from jail or prison to home in their communities / J. Mark Eddy and Bert O. Burraston -- 6. Children of incarcerated parents : promising intervention programs and future recommendations / Derrick M. Gordon, Bronwyn A. Hunter, and Christina A. Campbell -- 7. How alternatives to imprisonment could affect child well-being / Signe Halde Andersen, Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Maria Donovan Fitzpatrick, and Christopher Wildeman -- 8. Should we be intervening solely (or even mostly) on the basis of parental incarceration? / Jennifer L. Noyes, June C. Paul, and Lawrence M. Berger -- Conclusion : Steps for future interdisciplinary research and interventions for children with incarcerated parents / Christopher Wildeman, Anna R. Haskins, and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan.