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The Effect of Incarceration on Marriage and Work Over the Life Course
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The current study adopts the life course framework to examine the effect of incarceration on the likelihood of becoming married and attaining full‐time employment. It is hypothesized that men who have been incarcerated will be less likely to marry and to gain full‐time employment. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth are used to test the hypothesis. Results from the growth‐curve models support the life‐course theoretical model. Across all models estimated, incarceration is negatively associated with marriage and employment. In addition, positive milestones (e.g., education) are associated with improved chances of employment and marriage. The findings reinforce the importance of considering a multitude of life events when estimating life trajectories.
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“Incarceration can impact the life-course and the transition to adulthood in many negative ways (Huebner, 2005; Loeffler, 2013).”
From Adult Outcomes of Justice Involved Indigenous Youth (2023) · cites this paper as Huebner, 2005
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“Incarceration contributes to deepening existing social and racial inequalities as people who have been incarcerated and their families face serious financial hardship in the form of housing and food insecurity, unemployment, exclusion from social programs after release, and a decreased ability to build or maintain wealth”
From Debt, Incarceration, and Re-entry: a Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as Huebner, 2005
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Metadata
- Authors
- Huebner, B. M.
- Corresponding author
- Huebner, Beth M.
- ORCID
- Huebner, Beth M.
- Venue
- Justice Quarterly
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2005-09
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 281-303
- ISSN
- 0741-8825 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-9109
- OpenAlex
- W1965022447
- Cited by
- 156
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 6.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Justice Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Keywords
- incarceration, marriage, employment, life course, life trajectories, men, life events, life milestones, full-time employment
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