Document Type
Symposium Participant
Publication Date
2020
Publication Information
95 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1439 (2020).
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a new strategy for curbing crime and delinquency and demonstrate the inadequacy of current reform efforts. Our analysis relies on our own, original research involving a large, multi-generational sample of unmarried fathers from a rust-belt region of the United States as well as the conclusions of earlier researchers.
Our own research data are unusual in that they are holistic and multigenerational: The Court-based record system we utilized for data collection provided detailed information on child maltreatment, juvenile status and delinquency charges, child support, parenting time, orders of protection, and residential mobility for focal children (the oldest in the family), their siblings, half-siblings, and all parents who grew up in the relevant county. Using other data sources, we were also able to obtain reliable information about adult crime and other high-risk behaviors. Very few crime researchers have had access to data this comprehensive.
Recommended Citation
Margaret F. Brinig & Marsha Garrison,
The Invisible Prison: Pathways and Prevention,
95 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1439 (2020)..
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/1371
Included in
Criminal Law Commons, Family Law Commons, Health Law and Policy Commons, Juvenile Law Commons
Comments
Symposium - Faith, Law, and Love: Peg Brinig's Legacy
Reprinted with permission of the Notre Dame Law Review.