Developmental Trajectories of Offending for Male Adolescents Leaving Foster Care

Autor/inn/en	Ryan, Joseph P.; Hernandez, Pedro M.; Herz, Denise
Titel	Developmental Trajectories of Offending for Male Adolescents Leaving Foster Care
Quelle	In: Social Work Research, 31 (2007) 2, S.83-93 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1070-5309
Schlagwörter	Placement; Access to Education; Enrollment; Adolescents; Juvenile Justice; Educational Opportunities; Foster Care; Delinquency; At Risk Persons; Adolescent Development; Males; Crime; Correctional Institutions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Einschulung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Pflegehilfe; Kriminalität; Risikogruppe; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Jugendstrafvollzug
Abstract	The difficulties that adolescents encounter as they age out of the foster care system are numerous and fairly well documented. Such difficulties include poor health, lack of affordable housing, low-wage employment, limited educational opportunities, and unreliable or nonexistent familial support. These difficulties often increase the likelihood of a wide variety of negative outcomes. One such outcome is involvement with juvenile justice and adult corrections. Adolescents aging out of foster care are at an increased risk of engaging in delinquency and crime. Unfortunately, little is known about the developmental trajectories of such juvenile and adult offending for the foster care population. The present study addresses this gap in the literature. Using a semiparametric group-based modeling approach, the authors identify three unique offending trajectories among 294 male adolescents leaving a large midwestern foster care agency: nonoffenders, early onset desisters, and chronic offenders. Using multinomial logistic regression, they then identify a variety of risk and protective factors associated with each development trajectory. Placement stability and school enrollment emerge as two of the most important predictors. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10