title: Children placed in out-of-home care: risk factors for involvement with the juvenile justice system.
abstract: In previous research, child maltreatment has been associated with several negative outcomes, including delinquency. This study uses administrative data to examine risk factors, including the severity and chronicity of maltreatment, for juvenile justice involvement among children, ages 7 to 17, who were placed in out-of-home care in Florida (N = 13,212). The results of multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that among specific types of maltreatment, sexual abuse was associated with the risk of faster placement only in a detention center. Additionally, findings from this study suggest that maltreatment chronicity but not maltreatment severity increases the chances of earlier involvement with the juvenile justice system among children who were placed in an out-of-home care. Implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612-3807, USA. yampol@usf.edu
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yampolskaya
authors.forename: Mary I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Roxann
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McNeish
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors