Americas

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Rebecca Rebbe, Andrea Lane Eastman, Avanti Adhia, Regan Foust, Emily Putnam-Hornstein - Child Maltreatment,

The current study used population-based administrative records from California to assess how CPS responds to reported allegations of IPV, with and without physical abuse and/or neglect allegations.

Sarah Font, Lawrence M. Berger, Jessie Slepicka, Maria Cancan - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,

The purpose of this study was to examine associations of foster care exit type (e.g., reunification with birth family, adoption, guardianship/permanent relative placement, or emancipation from care) with risk of entry into state prison in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and to examine racial disparities in those associations.

Austin J. Blake, Matthew Ruderman, Jill M. Waterman, Audra K. Langley - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The current study aimed to examine effects of pre-adoptive risk on long-term functioning in children adopted from foster care.

Austin J. Blake, Matthew Ruderman, Jill M. Waterman, Audra K. Langley - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The current study aimed to examine effects of pre-adoptive risk on long-term functioning in children adopted from foster care.

Bryn King, Tara Black, Barbara Fallon, Yu Lung - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses longitudinal administrative data to assess the decision to transfer a family to ongoing child welfare services within twelve months of an initial investigation.

Austen McGuire, Lindsay Huffhines, Yo Jackson - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The current study used survival analysis to simultaneously examine the influence of maltreatment characteristics on the risk of receiving a PTSD diagnosis at any time in care following entry into care.

Justin Jay Miller, Erlene Grise-Owens - Adoption & Fostering,

This study uses a retrospective pre/post design to measure the impact of the pandemic on foster carers’ self-care.

Svetlana Shpiegel, Tammi Fleming, Lisa Mishraky, Sheila VanWert, Blanca Goetze, Elizabeth M. Aparicio, Bryn King - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examined the rates and correlates of first and repeat births in a national sample of females emancipating from foster care in the United States.

Jamie Jaramillo & Brianne H. Kothari - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal,

The current study used a resilience framework to describe youth experiences with their caseworkers, examine the association of youth–caseworker relationship quality with school engagement, and to examine the differential impact of youth–caseworker relationships on youth school engagement by level of youth risk (i.e. posttraumatic symptoms).

Justin Jay Miller, Erlene Grise-Owens - Adoption & Fostering,

This study uses a retrospective pre/post design to measure the impact of the pandemic on foster carers’ self-care.