Courtney Boen, Professor of Demography and Sociology, Hannah Olson, Ph.D. Candidate in Demography, and Hedwig Lee, Professor of Sociology, publish new paper in the Journal of Marriage and Family, titled, "Vicarious Exposure to the Criminal Legal System Among Parents and Siblings."
Background: The criminal legal system shapes family outcomes in important ways. Still, life course patterns of vicarious exposure to the system—especially to lower-level contacts—among parents and siblings are not well documented.