Sanford School of Public Policy, Children's Health and Discovery Initiative, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, United States.
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Mar;101:104306. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104306. Epub 2020 Jan 28.
Parental criminal justice system (CJS) involvement is a marker for child protective services (CPS) involvement.
To document how parental criminal case processing affects children's CPS involvement.
Participants included mothers and fathers with a serious criminal charge (mothers = 78,882; fathers = 165,070) and without any criminal charge (mothers = 962,963; fathers = 743,604) between 2008-2012. Statewide North Carolina records on court proceedings, births, CPS assessments/investigations, and foster care placements were used.
The observational unit was an individual's first charge date of a year. Outcomes were CPS assessment/investigation and foster care entry within six months and alternatively three years following the charge. Key explanatory variables were whether the charges resulted in prosecution, conviction following prosecution, and an active sentence conditional on conviction. An instrumental variables approach was used.
Parents charged with a criminal offense had higher rates of having a CPS assessment/investigation during the three years preceding the charge than parents who were not charged. Among mothers who were convicted, CPS assessment/investigation increased 8.1 percent (95 % CI: 2.2, 13.9) and 9.5 percent (95 % CI: 1.3, 17.6) 6 months and 3 years following the charge. An active sentence increased CPS assessment/investigations by 21.6 percent (95 % CI: 6.4, 36.7) within 6 months. For fathers, active sentence increased foster care placement by 1.6 percent (95 % CI: 0.24, 2.9) within 6 months of the criminal charge.
Changing parental incarceration rates would change CPS caseloads substantially. The criminal justice and CPS systems work with overlapping populations, data and services sharing should be considered a high priority.
父母涉及刑事司法系统（CJS）是儿童保护服务（CPS）介入的一个标志。
记录父母刑事案件处理如何影响儿童的 CPS 介入。
参与者包括在 2008-2012 年间有严重刑事指控的母亲和父亲（母亲=78882；父亲=165070）以及没有任何刑事指控的母亲和父亲（母亲=962963；父亲=743604）。使用了全州范围内北卡罗来纳州关于法庭程序、出生、CPS 评估/调查和寄养安置的记录。
观测单位是一个人的年度第一个指控日期。结果是在指控后六个月内和三年内进行 CPS 评估/调查和进入寄养。关键解释变量是指控是否导致起诉、起诉后的定罪以及定罪后的有效判决。采用了工具变量方法。
被指控犯罪的父母在指控前三年内进行 CPS 评估/调查的比率高于未被指控的父母。在被定罪的母亲中，CPS 评估/调查在指控后 6 个月和 3 年内分别增加了 8.1%（95%CI：2.2，13.9）和 9.5%（95%CI：1.3，17.6）。在 6 个月内，有效判决使 CPS 评估/调查增加了 21.6%（95%CI：6.4，36.7）。对于父亲来说，在刑事指控后的 6 个月内，有效判决使寄养安置增加了 1.6%（95%CI：0.24，2.9）。
改变父母监禁率将大大改变 CPS 的案件量。刑事司法和 CPS 系统使用重叠的人群，应考虑数据和服务共享作为优先事项。
