From Foster Care to Juvenile Justice: Exploring characteristics of youth in three cities

J.J. Cutulia, Robert M. Goerge, Claudia Coulton, Maryanne Schretzman, David Crampton, Benjamin J. Charvat, Nina Lalich, Jessica A. Raitheld, Cristobal Gacitua, Eun Lye Lee - Children and Youth Services Review

This study documents the rates at which children involved with foster care [in the United States] enter the juvenile justice system (crossover or dually involved), and the factors associated with this risk. 

A conceptual model of psychosocial adjustment of foster care adoptees based on a scoping review of contributing factors

Andrea del Pozo de Bolger, Debra Dunstan and Melissa Kaltner - Clinical Psychologist

The purpose of this article is to provide psychologists and adoption researchers with a conceptual model for the psychosocial adjustment of foster care adoptees with a background of maltreatment. 

A framework for Indigenous adoptee reconnection: Reclaiming language and identity

Sarah Wright Cardinal - Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education

This article begins by summarizing the scholarly literature on the "Sixties Scoop," a period in Canadian history in which an estimated 20,000 First Nations, Metis, and Inuit children were removed from their families, and describes a proposed theoretical framework of Indigenous adoptee identity reclamation emerging from my reflexive process in writing a critical personal narrative.

The Human Rights of Unaccompanied Minors in the USA from Central America

David Androff - Journal of Human Rights and Social Work

This paper examines the immigration of children from Central America to the USA by setting the context of immigration across the USA–Mexico border, reviewing the extent and causes of the influx in immigration, and detailing the political, legal, and social work responses to the child migrants. 

Court-Appointed Special Advocates in the Rural South: A Fidelity Assessment

Shanna N. Felix - Georgia Southern University Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies

This thesis study evaluates the fidelity of a rural Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program in Georgia, USA. The CASA program trains volunteers to serve as special legal representation for children in the court system who have been abused or neglected.

Childhood Poverty and Cognitive Development in Latin America in the 21st Century

M. Soledad Segretin1,2, M. Julia Hermida3, Lucía M. Prats, Carolina S. Fracchia, Eliana Ruetti, and Sebastián J. Lipina - New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

The aim of the present paper is to systematically review the empirical studies that have analyzed the associations between poverty and cognitive development in children under 18 years of age from Latin American and Caribbean countries between 2000 and 2015.