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Christopher Wildeman, Professor of Sociology  

Office Location: 417 Chapel Drive, Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box: 90088
Email Address: christopher.wildeman@duke.edu
Web Page: https://www.christopherwildeman.com/

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008

    Teaching (Spring 2025):

    • Sociol 702.01, Second-year paper workshop Synopsis
      Reuben-coo 329, F 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Wildeman, C; Roehrkasse, AF; Gibbons, A; Sernaker, S; Becker, L; Fallesen, P. "Two Decades of Child Welfare System Contact in the Global North: A Research Note on Trends in 44 Countries.." Demography (February, 2025): 11793609. [doi]  [abs]
    2. Boch, S; Wildeman, C; Dexheimer, J; Kahn, R; Lambert, J; Beal, S. "Pediatric Health and System Impacts of Mass Incarceration, 2009-2020: A Matched Cohort Study.." Academic pediatrics 24.8 (November, 2024): 1285-1295. [doi]  [abs]
    3. Wakefield, S; Baker, G; Wildeman, C. "The consequences of sibling criminal legal system contact for family life." Journal of Marriage and Family 86.4 (August, 2024): 931-945. [doi]  [abs]
    4. Wildeman, C; Sampson, RJ; Baker, G. "Adult Children of the Prison Boom: Family Troubles and the Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Justice Contact.." Demography 61.1 (February, 2024): 141-164. [doi]  [abs]
    5. Wildeman, C; Sampson, RJ. "Desistance as an Intergenerational Process." Annual Review of Criminology 7 (January, 2024): 85-104. [doi]  [abs]

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

    Christopher Wildeman