Child neglect and poverty: A Brazilian study

Mara Silvia Pasian, Priscila Benitez, Carl Lacharité - Children and Youth Services Review

Considering the importance of preventing and better understanding neglect, the present paper aims to describe and discuss similarities and differences among negligent families, comparing them to other families in terms of socioeconomic aspects and risk factors related to neglect.

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Predictors of the quality of the relationship with caregivers in residential care

Mónica Costa, Beatriz Melim, Semira Tagliabue, Catarina Pinheiro Motab, Paula Mena Matos - Children and Youth Services Review

This study aims to analyze different level predictors (sociodemographic and institutional history-related, emotional/relational and contextual level) of the quality of the relationship between adolescents and their caregivers, in a sample of 326 adolescent participants (228 female and 98 male) from 20 residential care institutions.

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The impact of a residential camp on grandchildren raised by grandparents: Grandparents’ perspectives

J. Dare, R. Marquis, E. Wenden, S. Gopi, D. A. Coall - Children and Youth Services Review

This research aimed to investigate grandparents’ perspectives on the impact of Leadership and Respite Camps, designed for children being raised by their grandparents, on their grandchildren.

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Understanding the evolution of national child welfare policies: The case of Israel

Shlomit Weiss-Dagan & Ram A. Cnaan - Children and Youth Services Review

In this paper, the authors first present five longitudinally socio-political-historical analytic themes appearing in many policy analysis approaches identified in a literature review, with special reference to child welfare policies. Then, as a case study, the authors apply these themes to understand the evolution of child welfare policies in Israel.

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Underexamined points of vulnerability for black mothers in the child welfare system: The role of number of births, age of first use of substances and criminal justice involvement

Tricia Stephens, Alexis Kuerbis, Caterina Pisciotta, Jon Morgenstern - Children and Youth Services Review

With research into traditionally understood contributing factors such as poverty, substance use, mental health and intimate partner violence abounding, this study sought to identify underexamined factors that potentially sustain very high rates of child welfare (CW) involvement for Black mothers.

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Safety assessment in child welfare: A comparison of instruments

Annemiek Vial, Mark Assink, Geert Jan J. M. Stams, Claudia Children and Youth Services Review van der Put -

This review aimed to compare child safety assessment instruments, which are used by child welfare professionals to determine whether a child is in immediate danger, and subsequently, whether immediate action is required to stop or prevent serious harm to the child.

Cross-over kids: Effective responses to children and young people in the youth justice and statutory Child Protection systems

Susan Baidawi & Rosemary Sheehan - Report to the Criminology Research Advisory Council. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

The study set out to examine the extent to which children and young people before the Criminal Division of the Victorian Children’s Court in Australia were also clients of the statutory Child Protection system, and to better understand the characteristics of this group.

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Stress sensitization among severely neglected children and protection by social enrichment

Mark Wade, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox, Florin Tibu, Laura E. Ciolan, Charles A. Nelson - Nature Communications

The current study uses data from a longitudinal randomized controlled trial to examine whether severe early neglect among children reared in institutions increases vulnerability to the effects of later stressful life events on externalizing problems in adolescence, and whether social enrichment in the form of high-quality foster care buffers this risk.

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