Quantifying maternal incarceration: a whole‐population linked data study of Western Australian children born 1985–2011

Abstract Objective: To measure the prevalence of children affected by maternal incarceration in Western Australia (WA). Methods: Using linked administrative data we identified all children born in WA between 1985 and 2011, whose biological mother was imprisoned during their childhood. Data was obtai...

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Main Authors: Caitlin M. Dowell, David B. Preen, Leonie Segal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-04-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12613