ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN OF JAIL INMATES

• NCJ Number: 5907
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 29 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1965) Pages: 55-59
• Author(s): S FRIEDMAN; T C ESSELSTYN
• Date Published: 1965
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY INDICATES THAT COMMITTING A FATHER TO JAIL IS SOON ACCOMPANIED BY A DEPRESSION IN THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OF HIS CHILDREN.

Abstract

THE METHOD BY WHICH THE PROBLEM WAS INVESTIGATED INVOLVED THE IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION OF JAIL INMATES WHO WERE THE FATHERS OF CHILDREN WHOM THEY ACKNOWLEDGED, THE LOCATION OF THOSE CHILDREN, AND THE APPLICATION OF A MEASURING DEVICE TO THEM AND TO THEIR CONTROLS. JAIL INMATES WERE THOSE WHO WERE CONFINED FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. THREE CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE FROM THE STUDY. THE SONS OF JAIL INMATES ARE RATED BELOW AVERAGE IN THE SCHOOL WORLD ON IMPORTANT SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ARE COMPARABLE CONTROLS. SOME BOYS ARE RATED ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT THEY ARE FAR OUTRANKED BY COMPARABLE CONTROLS. THE SAME STATEMENTS APPLY TO DAUGHTERS, BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE EVEN GREATER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM AND THE OTHER GIRLS WITH WHOM THEY MAY BE COMPARED. AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED