Christopher Wildeman | Scholars@Duke

Christopher Wildeman
Professor of Sociology

My work focuses on the prevalence, causes, and consequences of contact with the criminal legal system and the child welfare system for families.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Sociology, Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2020

Contact Information

417 Chapel Drive, Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708
417 Chapel Drive, Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708
christopher.wildeman@duke.edu (919) 660-5601
Website

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Princeton University 2008
Recognition
In the News
- JUL 20, 2021 Duke Research Blog
  
  Child Protective Services Do Work, But They Are Unevenly Distributed
- OCT 13, 2020 Duke Stories
  
  Introducing Nine New Scholars Joining the Duke Faculty
Research
Selected Grants
- DNA methylation in context: Racial inequities in social adversity and vulnerability to the health impact of air pollution awarded by Regents of the University of Michigan 2021 - 2026
- Augmenting, Analyzing, and Archiving Criminal Trajectories in Four Birth Cohorts from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, 1995-2023 awarded by Harvard University 2021 - 2022
- Transitioning: An App-Based Study of Youth on the Cusp of Leaving Home. awarded by Conrad N. Hilton Foundation 2018 - 2022
- National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect awarded by Cornell University 2020 - 2022
External Relationships
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Cohen Milstein
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLC
- Paul, Weiss
- ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit
- Washington Lawyers' Committee
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Wildeman, C., and H. Lee. Women's Health in the Era of Mass Incarceration. Vol. 47, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-081320-113303.
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  - Wildeman, C., M. D. Fitzpatrick, and A. W. Goldman. Conditions of confinement in American prisons and jails. Vol. 14, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101317-031025.
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  - Wildeman, C., and J. Waldfogel. Somebody's children or nobody's children? How the sociological perspective could enliven research on foster care. Vol. 40, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043358.
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  - Wildeman, C., and C. Muller. Mass imprisonment and inequality in health and family life. Vol. 8, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102510-105459.
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- Academic Articles
  - Brew, B., F. Alani, A. Li, and C. Wildeman. “Sticky Stigma: The Impact of Incarceration on Perceptions of Personality Traits and Deservingness.” Social Forces 100, no. 4 (June 1, 2022): 1910–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soab091.
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  - Wakefield, S., and C. Wildeman. “Are the Average Effects of Foster Care Placement Really Close to Zero?” Research on Social Work Practice, January 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315211065418.
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  - Anker, A. S. T., and C. Wildeman. “Family Visitation Patterns during Incarceration in Denmark.” Journal of Family Issues 42, no. 12 (December 1, 2021): 2811–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X21991187.
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  - Edwards, Frank, Sara Wakefield, Kieran Healy, and Christopher Wildeman. “Reply to Putnam-Hornstein et al.: On honest mistakes and raceless children.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118, no. 49 (December 2021): e2116225118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116225118.
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  - Putnam-Hornstein, Emily, Eunhye Ahn, John Prindle, Joseph Magruder, Daniel Webster, and Christopher Wildeman. “Putnam-Hornstein et al. Respond.” American Journal of Public Health 111, no. 12 (December 2021): e2–3. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306532.
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  - Edwards, F., S. Wakefield, K. Healy, and C. Wildeman. “Erratum: Contact with Child Protective Services is pervasive but unequally distributed by race and ethnicity in large US counties (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2021) 118 (e2106272118) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2106272118).” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118, no. 42 (October 19, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116639118.
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  - Lee, Hedwig, and Christopher Wildeman. “Assessing mass incarceration's effects on families.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 374, no. 6565 (October 14, 2021): 277–81. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj7777.
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  - Wakefield, Sara, and Christopher Wildeman. “Structural Racism, Poverty, and Sexism Shape the History of and Response to Childhood Maltreatment Among Incarcerated Individuals.” American Journal of Public Health 111, no. 9 (September 2021): 1581–83. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306436.
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  - Yi, Youngmin, Joseph Kennedy, Cynthia Chazotte, Mary Huynh, Yang Jiang, and Christopher Wildeman. “Paternal Jail Incarceration and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from New York City, 2010-2016.” Maternal and Child Health Journal 25, no. 8 (August 2021): 1221–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03168-6.
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  - Edwards, Frank, Sara Wakefield, Kieran Healy, and Christopher Wildeman. “Contact with Child Protective Services is pervasive but unequally distributed by race and ethnicity in large US counties.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118, no. 30 (July 2021): e2106272118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106272118.
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  - Putnam-Hornstein, Emily, Eunhye Ahn, John Prindle, Joseph Magruder, Daniel Webster, and Christopher Wildeman. “Cumulative Rates of Child Protection Involvement and Terminations of Parental Rights in a California Birth Cohort, 1999-2017.” American Journal of Public Health 111, no. 6 (June 2021): 1157–63. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306214.
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  - Sundaresh, Ram, Youngmin Yi, Tyler D. Harvey, Brita Roy, Carley Riley, Hedwig Lee, Christopher Wildeman, and Emily A. Wang. “Exposure to Family Member Incarceration and Adult Well-being in the United States.” Jama Network Open 4, no. 5 (May 3, 2021): e2111821. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.11821.
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  - Wildeman, C., and L. H. Andersen. “Long-term consequences of being placed in disciplinary segregation^†.” Criminology 58, no. 3 (August 1, 2020): 423–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12241.
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  - Hawks, Laura, Candace Cosgrove, Mathew Neiman, Brita Roy, Christopher Wildeman, Sean Coady, and Emily A. Wang. “Five-Year Mortality among Americans Incarcerated in Privatized Versus Public Prisons: the Mortality Disparities in American Communities Project.” Journal of General Internal Medicine, July 24, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06057-w.
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  - Anker, A. S. T., L. H. Andersen, and C. Wildeman. “Estimating and explaining ethnic disparities in the cumulative risk of paternal incarceration in Denmark.” Demographic Research 43 (July 1, 2020): 617–58. https://doi.org/10.4054/DEMRES.2020.43.22.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, and Lars Højsgaard Andersen. “Even better data on solitary confinement are needed.” The Lancet. Public Health 5, no. 7 (July 2020): e372. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(20)30057-8.
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  - Yi, Youngmin, Frank R. Edwards, and Christopher Wildeman. “Cumulative Prevalence of Confirmed Maltreatment and Foster Care Placement for US Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2011-2016.” American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 5 (May 2020): 704–9. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2019.305554.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, Frank R. Edwards, and Sara Wakefield. “The Cumulative Prevalence of Termination of Parental Rights for U.S. Children, 2000-2016.” Child Maltreatment 25, no. 1 (February 2020): 32–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559519848499.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, and Lars H. Andersen. “Solitary confinement placement and post-release mortality risk among formerly incarcerated individuals: a population-based study.” The Lancet. Public Health 5, no. 2 (February 2020): e107–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30271-3.
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  - Wildeman, C. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Justice Contact.” Annual Review of Criminology 3 (January 13, 2020): 217–44. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-011419-041519.
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  - Sundaresh, Ram, Youngmin Yi, Brita Roy, Carley Riley, Christopher Wildeman, and Emily A. Wang. “Exposure to the US Criminal Legal System and Well-Being: A 2018 Cross-Sectional Study.” American Journal of Public Health 110, no. S1 (January 2020): S116–22. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2019.305414.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher. “Editorial: How Badly Do We Undercount Chronic Maltreatment, and How Much Should Clinicians Care?” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58, no. 12 (December 2019): 1152–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2019.07.004.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, Alyssa W. Goldman, and Emily A. Wang. “Age-Standardized Mortality of Persons on Probation, in Jail, or in State Prison and the General Population, 2001-2012.” Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 134, no. 6 (November 2019): 660–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354919879732.
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  - Branigan, Amelia R., and Christopher Wildeman. “Parental Incarceration and Child Overweight: Results From a Sample of Disadvantaged Children in the United States.” Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 134, no. 4 (July 2019): 363–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354919854448.
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  - Wang, Emily A., Jessica B. Long, Kathleen A. McGinnis, Karen H. Wang, Christopher J. Wildeman, Clara Kim, Kristofer B. Bucklen, et al. “Measuring Exposure to Incarceration Using the Electronic Health Record.” Medical Care 57 Suppl 6 Suppl 2 (June 2019): S157–63. https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000001049.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, Alyssa W. Goldman, and Hedwig Lee. “Health Consequences of Family Member Incarceration for Adults in the Household.” Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 134, no. 1_suppl (May 2019): 15S-21S. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354918807974.
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  - Roehrkasse, Alexander F., and Christopher Wildeman. “Administrative data and long-term trends in child maltreatment: the prospects and pitfalls.” The Lancet. Public Health 4, no. 3 (March 2019): e121–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30022-2.
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  - Edwards, F., and C. Wildeman. “Characteristics of the front-line child welfare workforce.” Children and Youth Services Review 89 (June 1, 2018): 13–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.013.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, Alyssa W. Goldman, and Kristin Turney. “Parental Incarceration and Child Health in the United States.” Epidemiologic Reviews 40, no. 1 (June 2018): 146–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxx013.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher. “The Incredibly Credible Prevalence of Child Protective Services Contact in New Zealand and the United States.” American Journal of Public Health 108, no. 4 (April 2018): 438–39. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2018.304313.
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  - Turney, K., and C. Wildeman. “Maternal incarceration and the transformation of urban family life.” Social Forces 96, no. 3 (March 1, 2018): 1155–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sox070.
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  - Yi, Y., and C. Wildeman. “Can foster care interventions Diminish justice system inequality?” Future of Children 28, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 37–58. https://doi.org/10.1353/foc.2018.0002.
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  - Winkelman, Tyler N. A., Inginia Genao, Christopher Wildeman, and Emily A. Wang. “Emergency Department and Hospital Use Among Adolescents With Justice System Involvement.” Pediatrics 140, no. 5 (November 2017): e20171144. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-1144.
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  - Eason, J. M., D. Zucker, and C. Wildeman. “Mass Imprisonment across the Rural-Urban Interface.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 672, no. 1 (July 1, 2017): 202–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716217705357.
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  - Yi, Youngmin, Kristin Turney, and Christopher Wildeman. “Mental Health Among Jail and Prison Inmates.” American Journal of Men’S Health 11, no. 4 (July 2017): 900–909. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988316681339.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, and Emily A. Wang. “Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA.” Lancet (London, England) 389, no. 10077 (April 2017): 1464–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30259-3.
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  - Kim, Hyunil, Christopher Wildeman, Melissa Jonson-Reid, and Brett Drake. “Lifetime Prevalence of Investigating Child Maltreatment Among US Children.” American Journal of Public Health 107, no. 2 (February 2017): 274–80. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2016.303545.
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  - Turney, Kristin, and Christopher Wildeman. “Adverse childhood experiences among children placed in and adopted from foster care: Evidence from a nationally representative survey.” Child Abuse & Neglect 64 (February 2017): 117–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.12.009.
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  - Wildeman, C., and S. H. Andersen. “PATERNAL INCARCERATION AND CHILDREN'S RISK OF BEING CHARGED BY EARLY ADULTHOOD: EVIDENCE FROM A DANISH POLICY SHOCK*.” Criminology 55, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 32–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12124.
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  - Wildeman, C., and P. Fallesen. “The effect of lowering welfare payment ceilings on children's risk of out-of-home placement.” Children and Youth Services Review 72 (January 1, 2017): 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.017.
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  - Wildeman, C., E. A. Carson, D. Golinelli, M. E. Noonan, and N. Emanuel. “Mortality among white, black, and Hispanic male and female state prisoners, 2001-2009.” Ssm Population Health 2 (December 1, 2016): 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2015.12.002.
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  - Turney, Kristin, and Christopher Wildeman. “Mental and Physical Health of Children in Foster Care.” Pediatrics 138, no. 5 (November 2016): e20161118. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-1118.
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  - Muller, Christopher, and Christopher Wildeman. “Geographic Variation in the Cumulative Risk of Imprisonment and Parental Imprisonment in the United States.” Demography 53, no. 5 (October 2016): 1499–1509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-016-0493-7.
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  - Wakefield, S., H. Lee, and C. Wildeman. “Tough on Crime, Tough on Families? Criminal Justice and Family Life in America.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 665, no. 1 (May 1, 2016): 8–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716216637048.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Incarceration and population health in wealthy democracies.” Criminology 54, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 360–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12107.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Is It Better to Sit on Our Handsor Just Dive In?: Cultivating Family-Friendly Criminal Justice Policy in the Contemporary Era Wildeman Incarceration and Family Relationships.” Criminology and Public Policy 15, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 497–502. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12210.
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  - Wildeman, C., K. Turney, and Y. Yi. “Paternal Incarceration and Family Functioning: Variation across Federal, State, and Local Facilities.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 665, no. 1 (May 1, 2016): 80–97. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716215625042.
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  - Wildeman, C., M. E. Noonan, D. Golinelli, E. A. Carson, and N. Emanuel. “State-level variation in the imprisonment-mortality relationship, 2001-2010.” Demographic Research 34, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 359–72. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.12.
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  - Andersen, L. H., and C. Wildeman. “Measuring the Effect of Probation and Parole Officers on Labor Market Outcomes and Recidivism.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 31, no. 4 (December 1, 2015): 629–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-014-9243-4.
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  - Turney, Kristin, and Christopher Wildeman. “Self-Reported Health Among Recently Incarcerated Mothers.” American Journal of Public Health 105, no. 10 (October 2015): 2014–20. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2015.302743.
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  - Fallesen, Peter, and Christopher Wildeman. “The Effect of Medical Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on Foster Care Caseloads: Evidence from Danish Registry Data.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 56, no. 3 (September 2015): 398–414. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146515595046.
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  - Fallesen, Peter, and Christopher Wildeman. “JHSB Policy Brief. Does Medical Treatment of Children's Behavioral Problems Lower Foster Care Rates?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 56, no. 3 (September 2015): 415. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146515598989.
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  - Patterson, Evelyn J., and Christopher Wildeman. “Mass imprisonment and the life course revisited: Cumulative years spent imprisoned and marked for working-age black and white men.” Social Science Research 53 (September 2015): 325–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.06.011.
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  - Baćak, Valerio, and Christopher Wildeman. “An empirical assessment of the "healthy prisoner hypothesis".” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 138 (August 2015): 187–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.039.
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  - Lee, H., T. McCormick, M. T. Hicken, and C. Wildeman. “RACIAL INEQUALITIES IN CONNECTEDNESS TO IMPRISONED INDIVIDUALS IN THE United States.” Du Bois Review 12, no. 2 (May 20, 2015): 269–82. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742058X15000065.
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  - Turney, K., and C. Wildeman. “Detrimental for Some? Heterogeneous Effects of Maternal Incarceration on Child Wellbeing.” Criminology and Public Policy 14, no. 1 (February 1, 2015): 125–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12109.
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  - Papachristos, Andrew V., Christopher Wildeman, and Elizabeth Roberto. “Tragic, but not random: the social contagion of nonfatal gunshot injuries.” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 125 (January 2015): 139–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.056.
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  - Wildeman, C., and L. H. Andersen. “Cumulative risks of paternal and maternal incarceration in Denmark and the United States.” Demographic Research 32, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 1567–80. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.57.
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  - Dumont, Dora M., Christopher Wildeman, Hedwig Lee, Annie Gjelsvik, Pamela Valera, and Jennifer G. Clarke. “Incarceration, maternal hardship, and perinatal health behaviors.” Maternal and Child Health Journal 18, no. 9 (November 2014): 2179–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-014-1466-3.
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  - Andersen, S. H., and C. Wildeman. “The effect of paternal incarceration on children's risk of foster care placement.” Social Forces 93, no. 1 (September 1, 2014): 269–98. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sou027.
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  - Birnbaum, Nathan, Melissa Lavoie, Nicole Redmond, Christopher Wildeman, and Emily A. Wang. “Termination of medicaid policies and implications for the Affordable Care Act.” American Journal of Public Health 104, no. 8 (August 2014): e3–4. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2014.302017.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, Natalia Emanuel, John M. Leventhal, Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Jane Waldfogel, and Hedwig Lee. “The prevalence of confirmed maltreatment among US children, 2004 to 2011.” Jama Pediatrics 168, no. 8 (August 2014): 706–13. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.410.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, and Kristin Turney. “Positive, negative, or null? The effects of maternal incarceration on children's behavioral problems.” Demography 51, no. 3 (June 2014): 1041–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-014-0291-z.
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  - Wang, Emily A., Jenerius A. Aminawung, Christopher Wildeman, Joseph S. Ross, and Harlan M. Krumholz. “High incarceration rates among black men enrolled in clinical studies may compromise ability to identify disparities.” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 33, no. 5 (May 2014): 848–55. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1325.
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  - Lee, Hedwig, Christopher Wildeman, Emily A. Wang, Niki Matusko, and James S. Jackson. “A heavy burden: the cardiovascular health consequences of having a family member incarcerated.” American Journal of Public Health 104, no. 3 (March 2014): 421–27. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2013.301504.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, Signe Hald Andersen, Hedwig Lee, and Kristian Bernt Karlson. “Parental incarceration and child mortality in Denmark.” American Journal of Public Health 104, no. 3 (March 2014): 428–33. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2013.301590.
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  - Wildeman, C., K. Turney, and J. Schnittker. “The hedonic consequences of punishment revisited.” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 104, no. 1 (February 12, 2014): 133–63.
  - Fallesen, Peter, Natalia Emanuel, and Christopher Wildeman. “Cumulative risks of foster care placement for Danish children.” Plos One 9, no. 10 (January 2014): e109207. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109207.
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  - Papachristos, Andrew V., and Christopher Wildeman. “Network exposure and homicide victimization in an African American community.” American Journal of Public Health 104, no. 1 (January 2014): 143–50. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2013.301441.
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  - Weaver, V. M., J. S. Hacker, and C. Wildeman. “Detaining Democracy? Criminal Justice and American Civic Life.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 651, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 6–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716213504729.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Parental Incarceration, Child Homelessness, and the Invisible Consequences of Mass Imprisonment.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 651, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 74–96. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716213502921.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, and Natalia Emanuel. “Cumulative risks of foster care placement by age 18 for U.S. children, 2000-2011.” Plos One 9, no. 3 (January 2014): e92785. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092785.
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  - Turney, K., and C. Wildeman. “Redefining Relationships: Explaining the Countervailing Consequences of Paternal Incarceration for Parenting.” American Sociological Review 78, no. 6 (December 1, 2013): 949–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122413505589.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, Hedwig Lee, and Megan Comfort. “A new vulnerable population? The health of female partners of men recently released from prison.” Women’S Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’S Health 23, no. 6 (November 2013): e335–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2013.07.006.
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  - Wildeman, C., S. Wakefield, and K. Turney. “Misidentifying the Effects of Parental Incarceration? A Comment on Johnson and Easterling (2012).” Journal of Marriage and Family 75, no. 1 (February 1, 2013): 252–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01018.x.
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  - Lee, H., and C. Wildeman. “Things Fall Apart: Health Consequences of Mass Imprisonment for African American Women.” Review of Black Political Economy 40, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 39–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-011-9112-4.
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  - Turney, K., J. Schnittker, and C. Wildeman. “Those They Leave Behind: Paternal Incarceration and Maternal Instrumental Support.” Journal of Marriage and Family 74, no. 5 (October 1, 2012): 1149–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00998.x.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Imprisonment and infant mortality.” Social Problems 59, no. 2 (May 1, 2012): 228–57. https://doi.org/10.1525/sp.2012.59.2.228.
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  - Wildeman, C., J. Schnittker, and K. Turney. “Despair by association? the mental health of mothers with children by recently incarcerated fathers.” American Sociological Review 77, no. 2 (April 1, 2012): 216–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122411436234.
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  - Turney, Kristin, Christopher Wildeman, and Jason Schnittker. “As fathers and felons: explaining the effects of current and recent incarceration on major depression.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 53, no. 4 (January 2012): 465–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146512462400.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Imprisonment and (inequality in) population health.” Social Science Research 41, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 74–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.07.006.
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  - Wang, Emily A., and Christopher Wildeman. “Studying health disparities by including incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals.” Jama 305, no. 16 (April 2011): 1708–9. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.532.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher. “Invited commentary: (Mass) Imprisonment and (Inequities in) Health.” American Journal of Epidemiology 173, no. 5 (March 2011): 488–91. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq420.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher. “Commentary on Roettger et al. (2011): confronting the elephant in the room.” Addiction (Abingdon, England) 106, no. 1 (January 2011): 133–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03154.x.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Paternal Incarceration and Children's Physically Aggressive Behaviors: Evidence from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.” Social Forces 89, no. 1 (September 1, 2010): 285–309. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2010.0055.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher, and Bruce Western. “Incarceration in fragile families.” The Future of Children 20, no. 2 (January 2010): 157–77. https://doi.org/10.1353/foc.2010.0006.
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  - Wildeman, C., and C. Percheski. “Associations of childhood religious attendance, family structure, and nonmarital fertility across cohorts.” Journal of Marriage and Family 71, no. 5 (December 1, 2009): 1294–1308. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00669.x.
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  - Wildeman, Christopher. “Parental imprisonment, the prison boom, and the concentration of childhood disadvantage.” Demography 46, no. 2 (May 2009): 265–80. https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0052.
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  - Western, B., and C. Wildeman. “The black family and mass incarceration.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 621, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 221–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716208324850.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Soliciting prayer for the absent, measuring their social worth: Prayer requests for the deployed and the incarcerated.” Poetics 36, no. 5–6 (October 1, 2008): 421–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2008.06.007.
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  - Cadge, W., and C. Wildeman. “Facilitators and advocates: How mainline Protestant Clergy respond to homosexuality.” Sociological Perspectives 51, no. 3 (September 25, 2008): 587–603. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2008.51.3.587.
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  - Wildeman, C. “Conservative protestantism and paternal engagement in fragile families.” Sociological Forum 23, no. 3 (September 1, 2008): 556–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.00076.x.
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  - Cadge, W., L. R. Olson, and C. Wildeman. “How denominational resources influence debate about homosexuality in mainline protestant congregations.” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 69, no. 2 (January 1, 2008): 187–207. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/69.2.187.
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  - Percheski, C., and C. Wildeman. “Becoming a dad: Employment trajectories of married, cohabiting, and nonresident fathersn.” Social Science Quarterly 89, no. 2 (January 1, 2008): 482–501. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00543.x.
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  - Cadge, W., H. Day, and C. Wildeman. “Bridging the denomination-congregation divide: Evangelical lutheran church in america congre-gations respond to homosexuality.” Review of Religious Research 48, no. 3 (March 1, 2007): 245–59.
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  - Goldman, A. W., L. H. Andersen, S. H. Andersen, and C. Wildeman. “Can alternatives to incarceration enhance child well-being?” In Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents: Research, Policy, and Practice, 237–48, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16707-3_16.
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  - Wildeman, C., A. R. Haskins, and C. Muller. “Implications of mass imprisonment for inequality among American children.” In The Punitive Turn: New Approaches to Race and Incarceration, 177–91, 2013.
  - Muller, C., and C. Wildeman. “Punishment and inequality.” In The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society, 169–85, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446247624.n9.
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