Parental substance misuse and compliance as factors determining child removal: A sample from the Victorian Children's Court in Australia

Bortoli, Lillian De; Coles, Jan; Dolan, Mairead

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.05.002

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“…The role of culturally based child rearing in decision making. In this study, we found higher rates of parental illicit drug use in ATSI cases compared to non-ATSI cases, a factor that has previously been associated with non-compliance and longer delays to court order (De Bortoli, Coles, & Dolan, 2013). However, the current study identified no difference in the level of parental compliance between ATSI and non-ATSI cases and yet there were longer delays experienced in ATSI cases.…”

Section: Delay To Court Ordercontrasting

confidence: 56%

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection: A sample from the Victorian Children’s Court

Bortoli

Coles

Dolan

2014

Journal of Social Work

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This article reports on a comparison of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) and non-ATSI children involved in the child protection system sampled from the Victorian Children's Court. Groups were compared in terms of demographic profile, the types and grounds for protection applications and the types of abuse proven in court.Findings: Our results highlight similarities between ATSI and non-ATSI children in the child protection system, a finding that indicates similar children, regardless of background, are being found to be at increased risk of abuse. The over-representation of ATSI children in the sample indicates a continued social and economic disadvantage associated with this group, requiring ongoing public health preventive measures. Our study also highlighted the longer term involvement of ATSI children with child protection services before reaching court. This may be explained by differences in case management policies affecting ATSI children in the child protection system as well as the ongoing legacy of the Stolen Generation.

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Section: Delay To Court Ordercontrasting

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection: A sample from the Victorian Children’s Court

Bortoli

Coles

Dolan

2014

Journal of Social Work

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“…9 A large literature has explored the characteristics of parents and children that are associated with the likelihood of a child's removal from their home. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] When children are removed because of parental drug abuse, their stay periods away from home are longer, 18 and the removal is less likely to result in reunification with the parent, [19][20][21] compared to removals for other reasons. An analysis of data for 1995-99 found that use of methamphetamines caused an increase in the number of children placed in foster care.…”

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Opioid Prescription Rates And Child Removals: Evidence From Florida

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A critical aspect of the opioid epidemic is its effect on the ability of opioid-dependent parents to care for their children. In this article we investigate the association between the rate of removals of children from their homes and the opioid prescription rate in Florida counties during 2012-15. We performed a panel data analysis of opioid prescriptions that also controlled for the prescription rates of benzodiazepines and stimulants and for other risk factors for child removal. We found that a one-standard-deviation increase in the opioid prescription rate was associated with a 32 percent increase in the removal rate for parental neglect. When we obtained subset samples by percentage of white residents, the estimated relationships were approximately twice as large in the counties with the highest concentration of whites than in the counties with the lowest. Policy makers should consider the opioid epidemic's effects on child welfare when determining the appropriate public health response.

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“…Families in which AOD use is present are more likely to come to the attention of child protection services, be re-reported, have their children removed from their care, and have them remain in out-of-home care for long periods of time (Barth, Gibbons & Guo, 2006;Gregoire & Schultz, 2001;Smith & Testa, 2002;Street, Whitlingum, Gibson, Cairns & Ellis, 2008). Parental substance misuse is common in child protection practice and plays an important role in determining child removal (De Bortoli, Coles & Dolan, 2013).…”

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“…There is a lack of clear evidence as to the impacts of substance use alone on parenting, and the extent to which substance use places children at risk of maltreatment is not well understood (De Bortoli et al, 2013;Taplin & Mattick, 2014). Studies have attempted to determine whether parents with more extensive substance-use histories are more likely to be involved with child protection services due to child abuse or neglect than those with a less extensive substance-use history.…”

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Identifying alcohol and other drug use during pregnancy: outcomes for women, their partners and their children

Taplin¹,

Richmond²,

McArthur³

2014

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Parental substance misuse and compliance as factors determining child removal: A sample from the Victorian Children's Court in Australia

Cited by 17 publications

References 30 publications

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection: A sample from the Victorian Children’s Court

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection: A sample from the Victorian Children’s Court

Opioid Prescription Rates And Child Removals: Evidence From Florida

Identifying alcohol and other drug use during pregnancy: outcomes for women, their partners and their children

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