Transitions and turning points revisited: A replication to explore child maltreatment and youth offending links within and across Australian cohorts

Hurren, Emily; Stewart, Anna; Dennison, Susan

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.01.002

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“…Sociodemographic predictors of youth justice involvement among maltreated children include male gender and racial minority status (Vidal et al 2017;Cho et al 2019;Malvaso et al 2017b). While any maltreatment experiences increase the likelihood of youth justice contact (Ryan and Testa 2005;Chiu et al 2011), at greatest risk are children exposed to neglect and physical abuse in particular, as well as those experiencing maltreatment recurrence, or persistence into adolescence (Hurren et al 2017;Malvaso et al 2017b;Vidal et al 2017).…”

Section: Factors Influencing the Maltreatment-offending Relationshipmentioning

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Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System

Baidawi

2020

J Youth Adolescence

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Although neurodisability features significantly across child welfare and youth justice cohorts, little research investigates neurodisability among crossover children with dual systems involvement. This study examined differences in childhood adversity, child protection involvement, and offending among crossover children by neurodisability status. Data were from a sample of 300 children (68% male, 31% female, 1% transgender; mean age = 16.2 years, range 10-21) who were charged and appeared in three Australian children's courts, and who also had statutory child protection involvement in the study jurisdiction. The results indicated that nearly one-half of crossover children had a neurodisability (48%) and this group experienced greater cumulative maltreatment and adversity, earlier out-of-home care entry and offending onset, more caregiver relinquishment and residential care placement, and a greater volume of charges. While substantial differences between specific neurodisabilities were evident, crossover children with any neurodisability had greater odds of having charges related to criminal damage and motor vehicle theft, however they were no more likely to have violent charges relative to other crossover children. The study's findings demonstrated that the prevalence of neurodisability, and child welfare system responses to this phenomenon, contributes to several offending-related trends observed among crossover children.

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Section: Factors Influencing the Maltreatment-offending Relationshipmentioning

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Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System

Baidawi

2020

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Such an approach fails to consider the varying effects of different types and experiences of maltreatment. For example, studies have found that juvenile and adult offending is more common in those individuals who have experienced more than one type of maltreatment (also referred to as multi-type maltreatment) and maltreatment that is recurrent (Hurren, Stewart, & Dennison, 2017;Ryan & Testa, 2005). Offending risk also appears to be related to the timing of maltreatment.…”

Section: Child Maltreatment Factors Associated With Subsequent Youth mentioning

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“…Offending risk also appears to be related to the timing of maltreatment. Some studies have suggested that maltreatment that either starts or continues into adolescence is more consequential than maltreatment that is limited to the childhood years (Hurren et al, 2017;Malvaso, Delfabbro, & Day, 2017b;Smith, Ireland, & Thornberry, 2005), whereas others have asserted that childhood-limited maltreatment is also a critical factor in juvenile offending (Mersky, Topitzes, & Reynolds, 2012). Links have also been drawn between type and timing of maltreatment and offense type, with studies finding that adolescent maltreatment, physical abuse and neglect are associated with violent crime (Maxfield & Widom, 1996;Mersky & Reynolds, 2007;Smith et al, 2005;Thornberry, Henry, Ireland, & Smith, 2010).…”

Section: Child Maltreatment Factors Associated With Subsequent Youth mentioning

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The maltreatment-violence link: Exploring the role of maltreatment experiences and other individual and social risk factors among young people who offend

Malvaso

Delfabbro

Day

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Journal of Criminal Justice

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Objective: This study investigated the extent to which violent offending in a population of young people detained in secure care facilities is related to variations in child maltreatment after controlling for other known individual and social correlates of crime. Method: Official child protection and youth justice records and survey information for 1,819 young people were analyzed. Measures included: maltreatment factors (including type, timing and recurrence); outof-home care placement factors (including type, age at first placement, stability and duration of placements); social factors (including family and peer risk indicators); and individual factors (including factors relating to intelligence and education, substance use, mental health problems, and behavior). Gender and cultural background were also investigated as potential moderating factors. Logistic regression was used to determine the independent effect of maltreatment factors on violent convictions in the presence of other risk factors. Results: Persistent maltreatment was a consistent predictor of violent convictions. Other independent predictors included: aggression, anger, Indigenous status, and male gender, with household conflict also approaching significance. Conclusion: Collaborative and integrated responses from both child protection and juvenile justice may be needed if comprehensive violence prevention strategies are to be developed for young offenders.

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“…Our research team has used linked administrative data from the Queensland child protection and youth justice systems for a considerable period of time [ 11 ]. One of our most recent studies was a longitudinal replication study using linked child protection and youth justice administrative data from Queensland [ 28 ]. The original study we sought to replicate was conducted by members of our team, and examined the links between child maltreatment and youth offending [ 29 ].…”

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“…The analyses revealed six distinct trajectories of child maltreatment across the life-course (birth to 18 years), and differential proportions of youth offenders associated with each of these distinct trajectory groups. To test the generalisability of these results, we replicated the methodology using a newer birth cohort from Queensland [ 28 ]. Specifically, we linked comparable longitudinal, population-based administrative data from the Queensland child protection and youth justice systems for individuals born in 1990.…”

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New Methods to Address Old Challenges: The Use of Administrative Data for Longitudinal Replication Studies of Child Maltreatment

Hurren

Stewart

Dennison

2017

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Administrative data are crucial to the “big data” revolution of social science and have played an important role in the development of child maltreatment research. These data are also of value to administrators, policy makers, and clinicians. The focus of this paper is the use of administrative data to produce and replicate longitudinal studies of child maltreatment. Child protection administrative data have several advantages. They are often population-based, and allow longitudinal examination of child maltreatment and complex multi-level analyses. They also allow comparison across subgroups and minority groups, remove burden from individuals to disclose traumatic experiences, and can be less biased than retrospective recall. Finally, they can be linked to data from other agencies to explore comorbidity and outcomes, and are comparatively cost and time effective. The benefits and challenges associated with the use of administrative data for longitudinal child maltreatment research become magnified when these data are used to produce replications. Techniques to address challenges and support future replication efforts include developing a biographical understanding of the systems from which the data are drawn, using multiple data sources to contextualize the data and research results, recognizing and adopting various approaches to replication, and documenting all data coding and manipulation processes. These techniques are illustrated in this paper via a case study of previous replication work.

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Transitions and turning points revisited: A replication to explore child maltreatment and youth offending links within and across Australian cohorts

Cited by 22 publications

References 41 publications

Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System

Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System

The maltreatment-violence link: Exploring the role of maltreatment experiences and other individual and social risk factors among young people who offend

New Methods to Address Old Challenges: The Use of Administrative Data for Longitudinal Replication Studies of Child Maltreatment

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