Source(s)

Mauer M, Nellis A, Schirmer S. The Sentencing Project: Incarcerated Parents and Their Children Trends 1991-2007. The Sentencing Project. February 2009.

Glaze LE, Maruschak LM. Bureau of Justice Statistics: Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children. Bureau of Justice Statistics. August 2008.

Definitions

A person aged younger than 18.

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