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Children of incarcerated parents: the family characteristics associated with child welfare contact prior to parental incarceration

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Much of the current literature regarding the well being of children of incarcerated

parents has focused largely on the trauma that results from losing a parent to incarceration. Little research has been dedicated to examining the pre-existing trauma and negative life experiences these children are exposed to prior to parental incarceration. Using cross-sectional data on children (N = 1,221) from a representative study of Arizona Department of Corrections inmates, the present study examines the relationships among children who have contact with Child Protective Services (CPS) prior to parental incarceration and: (1) parental substance abuse, (2) exposure to violence and (3) parental mental illness. Nearly a quarter of all children whose inmate parents were interviewed were contacted by CPS before experiencing parental incarceration. Children whose inmate parents reported being unemployed or less involved in the lives of their children and children who were reportedly exposed to violence were significantly more likely to have been contacted by CPS prior to experiencing parental incarceration as were younger children. The children of incarcerated mothers were more likely to have been contacted by CPS than were the children of incarcerated fathers. This effect remained even after controlling for additional parent, child and family risk factors for CPS contact such as prior history of incarceration and race.

Date Created
2014
Contributors
  • McCaskill, Whitney (Author)
  • Rodriguez, Nancy (Thesis advisor)
  • Wright, Kevin (Committee member)
  • Tasca, Melinda (Committee member)
  • Krysik, Judy (Committee member)
  • Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
  • criminology
  • Child
  • Children
  • Incarcerated
  • maltreatment
  • of
  • Parents
  • Children of prisoners
  • Child Welfare
  • Children--Services for.
Resource Type
Text
Genre
Masters Thesis
Academic theses
Extent
iv, 32 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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All Rights Reserved
Primary Member of
ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.26842
Statement of Responsibility
by Whitney McCaskill
Description Source
Viewed on July 7, 2020
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2014
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-32)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Criminology
System Created
  • 2014-12-01 07:02:12
System Modified
  • 2021-08-30 01:32:15
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  • 1 year 7 months ago
Additional Formats
  • OAI Dublin Core
  • MODS XML

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