Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, 176 Messines Ridge Road, Mount Gravatt, QLD, 4122, Australia.
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia.
Community Ment Health J. 2024 May;60(4):699-712. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01222-x. Epub 2024 Jan 27.
This scoping review critically assessed evidence regarding mental disorders among mothers involved with the criminal justice system (CJS) and provided pooled prevalence rates of mental disorders. In total, 27 studies were included in the review, with 23 studies from the United States of America and 26 focused on incarcerated mothers. The findings supported the evidence on substantial burden of mental disorders, among CJS-involved mothers. Several factors contributing to mental disorders were identified, including history of abuse/incarceration/mental illness, a greater number of pregnancies, child-rearing responsibilities, less contact with children, and poor social support, which were organised using a socioecological model. However, significant gaps in the current evidence base were apparent, including inconsistencies in methodologies and outcomes assessed and a lack of large, longitudinal studies. The study highlights the importance of high-quality longitudinal research to extend knowledge around causal pathways between different risk or protective factors and mental disorders among CJS-involved mothers.
本范围综述批判性地评估了涉及刑事司法系统 (CJS) 的母亲的精神障碍相关证据，并提供了精神障碍的综合患病率。总共有 27 项研究被纳入综述，其中 23 项来自美国，26 项研究集中于被监禁的母亲。研究结果支持了 CJS 涉及的母亲中存在大量精神障碍的证据。确定了一些导致精神障碍的因素，包括虐待/监禁/精神病史、更多的怀孕次数、育儿责任、与孩子的接触减少和社会支持不足，这些因素使用社会生态学模型进行了组织。然而，目前的证据基础存在明显的差距，包括评估方法和结果的不一致以及缺乏大型纵向研究。本研究强调了高质量纵向研究的重要性，以扩展有关不同风险或保护因素与 CJS 涉及的母亲中的精神障碍之间因果关系的知识。
