Examining the relationship between incarceration and child support arrears among low-income fathers
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Having low income and being non-white is associated with higher levels of child support debt.
“Having low income and being non-white is associated with higher levels of child support debt (McLeod & Gottlieb, 2018).”
From Debt, Incarceration, and Re-entry: a Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as McLeod & Gottlieb, 2018
The rate of child support debt among people who have been incarcerated is twice the rate among people with child support orders who have not been incarcerated.
“This is twice the rate of child support debt among people with child support orders who have not been incarcerated (McLeod & Gottlieb, 2018; Thoennes, 2002).”
From Debt, Incarceration, and Re-entry: a Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as McLeod & Gottlieb, 2018
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- Authors
- McLeod, B. A., & Gottlieb, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- McLeod, Branden A.
- Venue
- Children and Youth Services Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-11
- Volume
- 94
- Pages
- 1-9
- ISSN
- 0190-7409 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2890474854
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 3.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Licence
- Locations
- Children and Youth Services Review (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- incarceration, child support arrears, low-income fathers, non-custodial parent, parental responsibility, social reintegration, economic disadvantage, criminal justice system, child support policy
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