TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Incarceration trajectories of women who are mothers: a nationally representative study of state and federal prisoners
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Zhao, Qianwei
A1  - Cepeda, Alice
A1  - Chou, Chih-Ping
A1  - Valdez, Avelardo
SP  - 1513
EP  - 1535
VL  - 67
IS  - 10
N2  - Despite growing research on women's offending trajectories, knowledge on the imprisonment experiences of women who are mothers is limited. This study used a nationally representative dataset of state and federal prisoners to identify and characterize subgroups of mothers based on incarceration histories. Group-based trajectory modeling identified four groups with distinct incarceration trajectories: stable escalating group, moderate declining group, adolescence-peak group, and young-adulthood-peak group. Bivariate analyses then suggested that different incarceration trajectories were associated with adverse life experiences (i.e., foster care placement, sexual abuse experience) and confinement experiences (i.e., number of episodes of prison confinement). Discussed are the future research directions and implications for criminal justice policies and interventions targeting imprisoned mothers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128720974315
ID  - ref1
ER  -