Maltreatment, Child Welfare, and Recidivism in a Sample of Deep-End Crossover Youth

• Published in: Journal of youth and adolescence Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 625 - 654
• Main Authors: Baglivio, Michael T., Wolff, Kevin T., Piquero, Alex R., Bilchik, Shay, Jackowski, Katherine, Greenwald, Mark A., Epps, Nathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adverse childhood experiences; African Americans; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Black white differences; Child; Child abuse & neglect; Child Abuse - ethnology; Child and School Psychology; Child development; Child welfare; Child Welfare - ethnology; Child Welfare - psychology; Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data; Childhood; Childhood factors; Children; Clinical Psychology; Crime; Criminals - statistics & numerical data; Delinquency Prevention; Empirical Research; Ethnicity; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Florida; Foster care; Health Psychology; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic people; History of Psychology; Humans; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile Delinquency - ethnology; Juvenile Delinquency - psychology; Juvenile Delinquency - statistics & numerical data; Juvenile justice; Juvenile offenders; Law and Psychology; Male; Offenders; Placement; Psychology; Race; Recidivism; Risk Factors; Sex differences; Social services delivery; Structural equation modeling; Trauma; Treatment programs; Youth; Florida; United States > US; Serious youthful offenders; Child welfare system; Maltreatment; Crossover youth; Recidivism

Although research has oft-documented a maltreatment–delinquency link, the effect of involvement in—and timing of—child welfare system involvement on offending has received less attention. We examine whether the timing of child welfare involvement has differential effects on recidivism of deep-end ju...