This volume relates the effects of parental incarceration on children in the US, England, Sweden, and the Netherlands, drawing on studies of thousands of children in these countries and illustrating how parental incarceration affects children's adult outcomes and risk factors for crime, as well as sex and generational differences and other aspects, and variations across national contexts. It discusses the practical and emotional difficulties experienced by children and families during parental incarceration; key theories that explain effects on children; the research questions and methods of the studies; and analysis of each of the countries, ending with comparative analysis. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)