Article
Child Neglect and Its Association With Subsequent Juvenile Drug and Alcohol Offense
The Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
(2011)
Abstract
This study presents empirical findings about the association between childhood neglect and adolescents’ subsequent involvement with drug and alcohol related offense from a sample of 251 neglected children and their community matched control (N = 502) from a 17-year period longitudinal data set. Findings confirmed that neglected children were at greater risk to be arrested for later juvenile drug and alcohol offenses than non-neglected children. Being male, White and the presence of domestic violence also significantly contributed to elevated risks of being arrested for juvenile drug and alcohol violations for neglected children. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Keywords
- Child neglect,
- Juvenile drug and alcohol offenses,
- Gender difference,
- Ethnic difference
Disciplines
Publication Date
2011
Publisher Statement
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The article may be found at
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10560-011-0232-2
Citation Information
Ken Corvo, Wan-yi Chen, Ellen deLara and Jennifer Propp. "Child Neglect and Its Association With Subsequent Juvenile Drug and Alcohol Offense" The Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 28 Iss. 4 (2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ken_corvo/1/