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Other Juvenile Justice Organizations' Publications
- Child Maltreatment and Juvenile Delinquency: Investigating the Role of Placement and Placement Instability
By Joseph P. Ryan and Mark F. Testa
- Children who experience maltreatment are at increased risk of engaging in delinquent behavior. Although little is known about the mechanism responsible for this increased risk, the use of substitute care placement and placement instability are often identified correlates. It is not clear from prior studies, however, whether delinquency precedes or follows placement instability. The current study adds significantly to the literature by identifying selected factors related to child maltreatment and delinquency and disentangling the timing of delinquency petitions relative to movements within the child welfare system.
- For a copy of the complete report please contact
- Joseph P. Ryan
Children and Family Research Center
School of Social Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1207 W. Oregon Street
Urbana IL 61801
Email: jpryan@uiuc.edu
- Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Conditions of Youth Preparing
to Leave State Care
By Mark E. Courtney, Sherri Terao, and Noel Bost
- This report presents preliminary findings from the first wave of the Midwest Evaluation of Adult Outcomes of Former Foster Youth. This longitudinal study examines the transition to adulthood for 749 youth in three states (Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin) who are aging out of the child welfare system. The study is based on survey data that will be collected at three points in time from a sample of youth who were in foster care for at least one year before their 16th birthday. The study found that many foster youth experience mental health and substance abuse problems for which they receive psychological treatment, at three times the rate of a comparable national sample. In addition to health and mental health problems, juvenile justice involvement is also a concern. Nearly two-thirds of the males and half of the females had been arrested, convicted of a crime, or sent to a correctional facility. The study also suggests that the odds of completing high school are considerably lower for these foster youth than for a comparable national sample, with more than half the sample not yet reading at the 7th grade level.
- For a copy of the complete report, click on its title above, or contact
- Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
1313 East 60th Street
Chicago IL 60637
773/753-5900
- American Probation and Parole Association
- American Youth Policy Forum
- Building Blocks for Youth
- Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
- National Crime Prevention Council
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Sentencing Project
- Youth Law Center
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