"Without intervention, jailed teens whose parents have a history of incarceration are doomed to struggle for the rest of their lives, a new study says.
"Researchers examined the extent to which various risk factors experienced by youths in eight juvenile and adult correctional facilities in Michigan are related to having a parent who served time in jail. The median age at first arrest for the group was 13 and a majority were males and minorities.
"The researchers analyzed 10 factors showing differences among low, medium and high rates of parents in prison.
"Kids whose incarcerated parents abused drugs and had experience with public assistance and foster care, poor neighborhood quality and instability, and stigma were most affected. Most youths in this cluster grew up without both biological parents, says Rosemary Sarri, professor emerita at the U-M Institute for Social Research and School of Social Work...."
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