‘I’m not getting out of bed!’ The criminalisation of young people in residential care

Gerard, Alison; McGrath, Andrew; Colvin, Emma; McFarlane, Kath

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“…Group homes are a type of foster care placement for youth who cannot stay in their biological homes, traditional foster homes, or kinship homes due to abuse or youths’ challenging behaviors. One known challenge which all group homes contend with to date, even though group homes have evolved over time, is youth risky and concerning behaviors (Gerard et al, 2019; Gharabaghi et al, 2016; Martín et al, 2018; Pecora et al, 2013; Ramsey-Irving, 2015).…”

Section: Group Home Settingmentioning

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Youth, prosociality, and child welfare: an investigation of positive peer influence and youth prosocial behavior in group home care

Osei

2021

Developmental Child Welfare

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Only a limited number of studies have investigated the association between positive peer influence and youth prosocial behavior in child welfare. None of such studies has been completed in group home setting for youth. This study aimed to examine if positive peer influence is associated with (or predicts) youth prosocial behavior. The Ontario Looking After Children (OnLAC) database was used for analysis. There were 875 participants (males and females) aged 10 to 17 who were surveyed in group homes in 2010–2011. A full regression analysis found strong association between positive peer influence and youth prosocial behavior. The main predictive effect of gender was observed to be modestly associated with youths’ prosocial behavior as demonstrated by the adjusted and unadjusted main predictive effects (OR = .67 and .63). There was a significant positive peer influence by group home size interaction and its moderating effect was such that positive peer influence significantly predicted youths’ prosocial behaviors in small homes (incremental ORs of 2.00 and 4.49), but not in large homes. Findings show that positive peer influence informs youth prosocial behaviors in group homes.

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Youth, prosociality, and child welfare: an investigation of positive peer influence and youth prosocial behavior in group home care

Osei

2021

Developmental Child Welfare

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“…Care placement instability, entry into care for behavioral reasons (as opposed to maltreatment), and older age at care entry each increase the risk of youth justice contact (Baskin and Sommers 2011;Goodkind et al 2013;Ryan 2012). One process seen to inflate the justice involvement of children in residential care is the criminalization of their challenging behaviors (Gerard et al 2019;Baidawi and Sheehan 2019c). Such "carecriminalization" (McFarlane 2018) is observed to result in residential care-placed children facing police involvement following relatively minor incidents, such as smashing a mug, unlikely to incur legal sanctions in a family home.…”

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Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System

Baidawi

2020

J Youth Adolescence

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Although neurodisability features significantly across child welfare and youth justice cohorts, little research investigates neurodisability among crossover children with dual systems involvement. This study examined differences in childhood adversity, child protection involvement, and offending among crossover children by neurodisability status. Data were from a sample of 300 children (68% male, 31% female, 1% transgender; mean age = 16.2 years, range 10-21) who were charged and appeared in three Australian children's courts, and who also had statutory child protection involvement in the study jurisdiction. The results indicated that nearly one-half of crossover children had a neurodisability (48%) and this group experienced greater cumulative maltreatment and adversity, earlier out-of-home care entry and offending onset, more caregiver relinquishment and residential care placement, and a greater volume of charges. While substantial differences between specific neurodisabilities were evident, crossover children with any neurodisability had greater odds of having charges related to criminal damage and motor vehicle theft, however they were no more likely to have violent charges relative to other crossover children. The study's findings demonstrated that the prevalence of neurodisability, and child welfare system responses to this phenomenon, contributes to several offending-related trends observed among crossover children.

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“…Por último, algunos autores han advertido del riesgo que corren los jóvenes en AR de ser criminalizados y estigmatizados, bien por desconocimiento, por miedo o por desconfianza (Gerard et al, 2019;Martín, 2015;Shaw, 2012;Staines, 2016), lo que genera bajas expectativas de futuro en estos jóvenes. Así, la población general desconoce las diferencias que hay entre un centro de internamiento educativo para menores infractores y un hogar o residencia de protección, quedando ambos recursos englobados en el rótulo genérico de connotaciones negativas "centro de menores" (Martín, 2015).…”

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Entre dos Sistemas: los Jóvenes Tutelados en Acogimiento Residencial con Medidas Judiciales

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González-Navasa

Domene-Quesada

2021

Anuario De Psicología Jurídica

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Los jóvenes tutelados se encuentran sobrerrepresentados en la población de menores infractores. Algunos autores consideran que la entrada en el sistema de protección es un factor de riesgo para desarrollar conducta delictiva, mientras que otros afirman que ambos grupos solamente comparten factores de riesgo. El objetivo de este trabajo es comparar los perfiles de los jóvenes tutelados en función de si han tenido o no medidas judiciales. La muestra está compuesta por 281 jóvenes en acogimiento residencial, de los que 35 (12.4%) eran menores infractores. Se analizaron los expedientes y los resultados señalan que los jóvenes tutelados infractores entraban con más edad en el sistema de protección, ejercían violencia contra sus padres, que no podían controlarlos, y manifestaban problemas de consumo y de adaptación escolar. Estos resultados se comentan en relación a la literatura existente. Between two systems: Youth in residential care with legal measures A B S T R A C T Youths in residential care (RC) are over-represented in the population of juvenile offenders. Some authors consider that entering the protection system is a risk factor for developing criminal behavior, whereas others consider that the two groups (non-offenders and offenders in RC) only share risk factors. The objective of this study is to compare profiles of youth in RC according to whether or not they have received judicial measures. The sample consists of 281 young people in RC, of whom 35 (12.4%) were juvenile offenders. Files were analyzed and the results indicate that young offenders in RC were older when they entered the protection system, had exerted violence against their parents, who could not control them, and had consumption and school adaptation problems. These results are discussed in the light of existing literature.

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‘I’m not getting out of bed!’ The criminalisation of young people in residential care

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

Youth, prosociality, and child welfare: an investigation of positive peer influence and youth prosocial behavior in group home care

Youth, prosociality, and child welfare: an investigation of positive peer influence and youth prosocial behavior in group home care

Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System

Entre dos Sistemas: los Jóvenes Tutelados en Acogimiento Residencial con Medidas Judiciales

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