Criminally Involved Parents Who Misuse Substances and Children's Odds of Being Arrested as a Young Adult: Do Drug Treatment Courts Mitigate the Risk?
Criminally Involved Parents Who Misuse Substances and Children's Odds of Being Arrested as a Young Adult: Do Drug Treatment Courts Mitigate the Risk?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10826-016-0406-9
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发表时间：
2016-08-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Sloan，Frank A.
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作者：
Gifford，Elizabeth J.;Eldred，Lindsey M.;Sloan，Frank A.
本文检验了(1)被判犯有物质相关罪行的父母与其子女在成年后被逮捕的可能性之间的关系，以及(2)父母参与成人药物治疗法庭项目是否减轻了这种风险。该分析依赖于北卡罗来纳州法院（2005-2013年）和出生记录（1988-2003年）的州行政数据。因变量是一个孩子在年轻时（16-21岁）被逮捕的概率。采用Logistic回归对同一母亲的多子女聚类进行分组和模型比较。调查结果显示，父母因与毒品有关的指控或与毒品无关的指控被定罪的孩子，成年后被逮捕的几率是父母没有被定罪的孩子的两倍。虽然有四分之一的父母参加了药物治疗法庭项目的孩子在年轻时被捕，但父母完成这个项目并没有降低这种风险。总之，父母被定罪的孩子在成年后被逮捕的风险增加，无论定罪是否与药物有关。然而，药物治疗法庭并没有降低这种风险。减少逮捕概率的代际联系仍然是一个社会挑战。
This paper examined (1) the association between parents who are convicted of a substance-related offense and their children’s probability of being arrested as a young adult and (2) whether or not parental participation in an adult drug treatment court program mitigated this risk. The analysis relied on state administrative data from North Carolina courts (2005–2013) and from birth records (1988–2003). The dependent variable was the probability that a child was arrested as a young adult (16–21). Logistic regression was used to compare groups and models accounted for the clustering of multiple children with the same mother. Findings revealed that children whose parents were convicted on either a substance-related charge on a non-substance-related charge had twice the odds of being arrested as young adult, relative to children whose parents had not been observed having a conviction. While a quarter of children whose parents participated in a drug treatment court program were arrested as young adults, parental completion this program did not reduce this risk. In conclusion, children whose parents were convicted had an increased risk of being arrested as young adults, irrespective of whether or not the conviction was on a substance-related charge. However, drug treatment courts did not reduce this risk. Reducing intergenerational links in the probability of arrest remains a societal challenge.