2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.05.005
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Foster children with an incarcerated parent: Predictors of reunification

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“…TPR is unlikely to be filed when adoption is not the permanency goal of the child, and older children are less likely to be adopted than younger children. Boys are significantly more likely to be physically abused than girls (Hershkowitz, Lamb, & Horowitz, 2007;Sobsey, Randall, & Parrila, 1997), putting them at risk for child welfare involvement, our results indicate that boys are significantly less likely than girls to be removed from their home. Inconsistent with other studies, which suggest that African American children were overrepresented in the child welfare system (Anyon, 2011) and TPR cases (SagatunEdwards, Saylor, & Shifflett, 1995) and less likely to be reunified with their parents (Connell et al, 2006;Courtney et al, 1997;Davis, Landsverk, & Newton, 1997;Vogel, 1999;Zinn & Slowriver, 2008), we found that mothers of African American children were no more likely than white children to experience TPR, and Hispanic children were even less likely than African American and white children to be removed from their homes.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 58%
“…TPR is unlikely to be filed when adoption is not the permanency goal of the child, and older children are less likely to be adopted than younger children. Boys are significantly more likely to be physically abused than girls (Hershkowitz, Lamb, & Horowitz, 2007;Sobsey, Randall, & Parrila, 1997), putting them at risk for child welfare involvement, our results indicate that boys are significantly less likely than girls to be removed from their home. Inconsistent with other studies, which suggest that African American children were overrepresented in the child welfare system (Anyon, 2011) and TPR cases (SagatunEdwards, Saylor, & Shifflett, 1995) and less likely to be reunified with their parents (Connell et al, 2006;Courtney et al, 1997;Davis, Landsverk, & Newton, 1997;Vogel, 1999;Zinn & Slowriver, 2008), we found that mothers of African American children were no more likely than white children to experience TPR, and Hispanic children were even less likely than African American and white children to be removed from their homes.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 58%
“…Disabled children in out-of-home placements are half as likely than others to have either 'reunification with birth family' as part of their care plan (Hill, 2012) and they are less likely to return home (Grant & Thomas, 2013;Hayward & DePanfilis, 2007;Romney, Litrownik, Newton, & Lau, 2006). Akin (2011), in a US study, tracked 3351 children for 30-42 months after entering foster care and found that 58.7% of non-disabled children returned home compared to only 27.5% of disabled children.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These are unlikely to be vulnerable to bias, as they are based on datasets in which gender is an easy variable to complete, providing a representative sample. Four of these studies reported non-significant findings (for example, Hayward et al, 2007;Courtney et al, 1997) while two of the large studies reported an effect of gender. Yampolskaya et al (2007) found that boys had a delayed exit from care while Snowden et al (2008) report that girls are more likely to be adopted than boys, the effect sizes however were both very weak.…”
Section: Gendermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The remaining four did find effects. Snowden et al (2008) found children placed under 5 years old were more likely to be adopted, Yampolskaya et al (2007) found that younger children had a slower exit from care, and Yampolskaya (2011) et al found that older children were more likely to re-enter out of home care, while Hayward et al (2007) reported that those in middle childhood were less likely to reunify than infants, with a further decrease for older adolescents. Although there was mixed evidence on the effect of age, about half of the studies found that children who come into care earlier have more positive placement outcomes than those coming into care at an older age.…”
Section: Agementioning
confidence: 99%