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Denise Johnston

Denise Johnston is co-editor of the now classic Children of Incarcerated Parents, the first book-length study on the topic. She is also the Director of the Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents in California, the organization she co-founded in 1989. The CCIP mission is the prevention of intergenerational crime and incarceration, and the production and documentation of model programs and services for children of criminal offenders and their families.