In the United States today, roughly 1 in 25 children has a parent in prison. This insightful volume provides an authoritative, multidisciplinary analysis of how parental incarceration affects children and what can be done to help them. The contributors to this book apply a wide array of tools and perspectives to the study of children of incarcerated adults. Sociologists and demographers apply sophisticated techniques for conducting descriptive and causal analyses, with a strong focus on social inequality. Developmental psychologists and family scientists explore how proximal processes, such as parent--child relationships and micro-level family interactions, may mediate or moderate the effects of parental incarceration. Criminologists offer important insights into the consequences of parental criminality and incarceration. And practitioners who design and evaluate interventions review a variety of programs targeting parents, children, the criminal justice system, and the plight of poor children more broadly. Given the vast implications mass incarceration has for individual children and their families, as well as for social and economic inequality in the United States, this book will serve as a definitive resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. Following a Preface and an Introduction [Invigorating Research and Practice on Children of Incarcerated Parents (Christopher Wildeman, Anna R. Haskins, and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan), the following chapters are presented: (1) The Demographic Landscape and Sociological Perspectives on Parental Incarceration and Childhood Inequality (Anna R. Haskins and Kristin Turney); (2) Criminological Perspectives on Parental Incarceration (Sara Wakefield and Robert J. Apel); (3) Developmental and Family Perspectives on Parental Incarceration (Julie Poehlmann-Tynan and Joyce A. Arditti); (4) Programs for Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Mothers (Danielle H. Dallaire and Rebecca J. Shlafer); (5) Programs Promoting the Successful Reentry of Fathers From Jail or Prison to Home in Their Communities (J. Mark Eddy and Bert O. Burraston); (6) Children of Incarcerated Parents: Promising Intervention Programs and Future Recommendations Derrick M. Gordon, Bronwyn A. Hunter, and Christina A. Campbell); (7) How Alternatives to Imprisonment Could Affect Child Well-Being (Signe Hald Andersen, Lars Højsgaard Andersen, Maria Donovan Fitzpatrick, and Christopher Wildeman); and (8) Should We Be Intervening Solely (or Even Mostly) on the Basis of Parental Incarceration? (Jennifer L. Noyes, June C. Paul, and Lawrence M. Berger). The book concludes with: Conclusion: Steps for Future Interdisciplinary Research and Interventions for Children With Incarcerated Parents (Christopher Wildeman, Anna R. Haskins, and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan). An index and a section about the authors are also included.