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Answer 5
Boys with a parent in prison are significantly more likely to offend.
The Social Exclusion Unit's report suggests that 65% of boys with a parent in prison go on to offend (Ref: Social Exclusion Unit, 2002). A longitudinal study conducted in south London by Cambridge University followed the lives of boys born in 1953. When they compared boys with a parent in prison to those who had not experienced such a loss, they found that 65% went on to offend. This compared to 21% for boys with no history of parental imprisonment or separation (Ref: Murray et al, 2007).