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Mothers and fathers in the criminal justice system and children's child protective services involvement.
Gifford, E J; Evans, K E; Eldred Kozecke, L; Sloan, F A.
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  • Gifford EJ; Sanford School of Public Policy, Children's Health and Discovery Initiative, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, United States. Electronic address: Beth.gifford@duke.edu.
  • Evans KE; Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, United States. Electronic address: kelly.evans@duke.edu.
  • Eldred Kozecke L; Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, United States. Electronic address: lindsey.eldred@duke.edu.
  • Sloan FA; Department of Economics, Duke University, United States. Electronic address: fsloan@duke.edu.
Child Abuse Negl ; 101: 104306, 2020 03.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32004822
BACKGROUND: Parental criminal justice system (CJS) involvement is a marker for child protective services (CPS) involvement. OBJECTIVE: To document how parental criminal case processing affects children's CPS involvement. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Participants included mothers and fathers with a serious criminal charge (mothers = 78,882; fathers = 165,070) and without any criminal charge (mothers = 962,963; fathers = 743,604) between 2008-2012. Statewide North Carolina records on court proceedings, births, CPS assessments/investigations, and foster care placements were used. METHODS: The observational unit was an individual's first charge date of a year. Outcomes were CPS assessment/investigation and foster care entry within six months and alternatively three years following the charge. Key explanatory variables were whether the charges resulted in prosecution, conviction following prosecution, and an active sentence conditional on conviction. An instrumental variables approach was used. RESULTS: Parents charged with a criminal offense had higher rates of having a CPS assessment/investigation during the three years preceding the charge than parents who were not charged. Among mothers who were convicted, CPS assessment/investigation increased 8.1 percent (95 % CI: 2.2, 13.9) and 9.5 percent (95 % CI: 1.3, 17.6) 6 months and 3 years following the charge. An active sentence increased CPS assessment/investigations by 21.6 percent (95 % CI: 6.4, 36.7) within 6 months. For fathers, active sentence increased foster care placement by 1.6 percent (95 % CI: 0.24, 2.9) within 6 months of the criminal charge. CONCLUSIONS: Changing parental incarceration rates would change CPS caseloads substantially. The criminal justice and CPS systems work with overlapping populations, data and services sharing should be considered a high priority.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Derecho Penal / Padre / Servicios de Protección Infantil / Madres Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Child Abuse Negl Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Derecho Penal / Padre / Servicios de Protección Infantil / Madres Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Child Abuse Negl Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido