Although an in-depth body of literature finds that race is central to interactions with the criminal justice system – for both adults and their children – very little research has examined differences in child placement after parental incarceration by race. Using nationally representative data from 4806 incarcerated men and women, we employed logistic regression models to predict child placement type by parents’ race, sex, and their intersection. Our results show that children of Black and Hispanic parents are more likely to be placed with their non-incarcerated parent, while children of white parents are more likely to be placed in state care. We also find that this relationship is gendered. While children of Black and Hispanic fathers are the most likely group to be placed with their non-incarcerated parent, children of Black and Hispanic mothers are the least likely group to be in this placement type. Further, while incarcerated men of all races are relatively unlikely to have their child placed with a non-parent relative, Black and Hispanic women are significantly more likely to have a child in this placement type than white women. These results demonstrate the critical nuances in the relationships between child placement type and parents’ socio-demographic characteristics. Our results further illustrate additional ways the criminal justice system impacts entire families.

尽管深入的文献发现种族对于成年人和他们的孩子来说都是与刑事司法系统互动的核心，但是很少有研究检查种族对父母的监禁后儿童安置的差异。利用来自4806名被监禁男女的全国代表性数据，我们采用逻辑回归模型通过父母的种族，性别及其交集来预测儿童的安置类型。我们的结果表明，黑人和西班牙裔父母的孩子更有可能与他们的非监禁父母同住，而白人父母的孩子则更有可能被置于州监护之下。我们还发现这种关系是性别关系。虽然黑人和西班牙裔父亲的孩子是最有可能与未监禁的父母同住的群体，黑人和西班牙裔母亲的孩子是这种安置类型中可能性最小的群体。此外，尽管各个种族的被监禁男性都不太可能与非父母亲一起安置孩子，但黑人和西班牙裔女性比白人女性生育孩子的可能性要高得多。这些结果证明了孩子的安置类型与父母的社会人口学特征之间的关系上的关键细微差别。我们的结果进一步说明了刑事司法制度影响整个家庭的其他方式。黑人和西班牙裔妇女在这种安置类型中生孩子的可能性明显高于白人妇女。这些结果证明了孩子的安置类型与父母的社会人口学特征之间的关系上的关键细微差别。我们的结果进一步说明了刑事司法制度影响整个家庭的其他方式。黑人和西班牙裔妇女在这种安置类型中生孩子的可能性明显高于白人妇女。这些结果证明了孩子的安置类型与父母的社会人口学特征之间的关系上的关键细微差别。我们的结果进一步说明了刑事司法制度影响整个家庭的其他方式。