Mothers and fathers in the criminal justice system and children’s child protective services involvement

Gifford, Elizabeth J.; Evans, Kelly E.; Kozecke, L. Eldred; Sloan, Frank A.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104306

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“…According to the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. constitution, "cruel and unusual punishment" with "excessive nes and bail" is unlawful [19]. Nevertheless, the women in our study, like previous researchers [14,20], described unreasonable requirements and unaffordable nes that make parenting in a safe and sustainable environment nearly impossible after incarceration.…”

Section: The Right To Have or Not Have Childrensupporting

confidence: 42%

“…Further, national statistics indicate that incarceration-associated penalties and nes are equivalent to $10,000 [9,21], roughly an entire year's income for these women or greater. This nancial burden often results in extreme poverty and/or homelessness for justice-involved women, and it leads one to question whether such hardship might be unconstitutional [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

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“i Did Whatever They Wanted Me to Do”: a Qualitative Secondary Analysis Using Reproductive Justice to Explore Sexual Violence Among Justice-involved Latina Mothers

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McGlothen-Bell

Cleveland

2022

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Background: One in three women experience sexual violence during their lifetime; however, little is known about this phenomenon with respect to justice-involved Latina mothers. Using the reproductive justice framework as a theoretical lens, we examined sexual violence in Latina mothers who had experienced incarceration and were thus involved in the justice system.Methods: This was a secondary analysis of a qualitative data set. The reproductive justice framework provided a theoretical lens for examining the women’s rights to bodily autonomy, to have or not have children, and to live in safe, sustainable environments given the intersection of incarceration and sexual violence.Results: Women (N = 12) recounted their experiences of sexual violence after having been incarcerated. Incarceration and resulting sexual violence led to discrimination, limited bodily autonomy, sexual exploitation, substance use, depression, anxiety, re-traumatization, recidivism, underreporting of violence, underutilization of healthcare resources, strained relationships, family separation, and unsafe environments. Conclusions: More research is needed to understand the social, economic, and political contexts that perpetuate sexual violence among justice-involved women. Universal healthcare, participatory research, changing cultural mindsets, decriminalization of sex work, and more comprehensive tracking and prosecution of sexual predators may be key to ending sexual violence in justice-involved mothers.

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Section: The Right To Have or Not Have Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“i Did Whatever They Wanted Me to Do”: a Qualitative Secondary Analysis Using Reproductive Justice to Explore Sexual Violence Among Justice-involved Latina Mothers

Crawford

McGlothen-Bell

Cleveland

2022

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“…Previous research also indicates that termination of parental rights is high among justice-involved women even before incarceration. This may be due to an overlap or cross-reporting between child welfare and the criminal justice system that can result in repeated investigations over a span of months to years [ 19 ]. Thus, social and economic vulnerabilities caused by incarceration [ 12 , 19 ] serve to further restrict women’s opportunities to parent their children, owing to their failure to conform with society’s views of traditional women or good mothers [ 16 , 19 ].…”

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“I did whatever they wanted me to do”: a qualitative secondary analysis using reproductive justice to explore sexual violence among justice-involved Latina mothers

2022

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Background One in three women experience sexual violence during their lifetime; however, little is known about this phenomenon with respect to justice-involved Latina mothers. Using the reproductive justice framework as a theoretical lens, we examined sexual violence in Latina mothers who had experienced incarceration and were thus involved in the justice system. Methods This was a secondary analysis of a qualitative data set. The reproductive justice framework provided a theoretical lens for examining the women’s rights to bodily autonomy, to have or not have children, and to live in safe, sustainable environments given the intersection of incarceration and sexual violence. Results Women (N = 12) recounted their experiences of sexual violence after having been incarcerated. Incarceration and resulting sexual violence led to discrimination, limited bodily autonomy, sexual exploitation, substance use, depression, anxiety, re-traumatization, recidivism, underreporting of violence, underutilization of healthcare resources, strained relationships, family separation, and unsafe environments. Conclusions More research is needed to understand the social, economic, and political contexts that perpetuate sexual violence among justice-involved women. Universal healthcare, participatory research, changing cultural mindsets, decriminalization of sex work, and more comprehensive tracking and prosecution of sexual predators may be key to ending sexual violence in justice-involved mothers.

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“…On the negative side, however, while parents are willing to commit deviant acts, parents charged with a criminal offense had higher rates of having a Child Protectives Services assessment/ investigation. [29] Getting into the conventional stage, a teenager or an individual has entered the stage of believing and adopting moral values and rules that exist in society. They go further to enforce these rules and think "stealing is illegal/breaking the law", so they do not commit theft in any circumstances.…”

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Non-Penal Policy in Crime Prevention Through Moral/Educational/Religious Approach

Rasdi¹

2021

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies, ICILS 2020, July 1st 2020, Semarang, Indonesia

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Crime is the oldest and most complex social problem, as it requires an integrated coping strategy/effort, between penal and non-penal means. It is because of the limited ability of the penal means in dealing with crime. On the other hand, crime prevention is essentially also part of efforts to protect society (social defense planning or protection of society) and an effort to achieve social welfare. Non-penal policy through moral/educational/religious approach in crime prevention in Indonesia occupies a very strategic position.

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Mothers and fathers in the criminal justice system and children’s child protective services involvement

Cited by 8 publications

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“i Did Whatever They Wanted Me to Do”: a Qualitative Secondary Analysis Using Reproductive Justice to Explore Sexual Violence Among Justice-involved Latina Mothers

“i Did Whatever They Wanted Me to Do”: a Qualitative Secondary Analysis Using Reproductive Justice to Explore Sexual Violence Among Justice-involved Latina Mothers

“I did whatever they wanted me to do”: a qualitative secondary analysis using reproductive justice to explore sexual violence among justice-involved Latina mothers

Non-Penal Policy in Crime Prevention Through Moral/Educational/Religious Approach

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