This article begins with the premise that you have to understand the varying needs of children with mothers involved in the criminal justice system (CJS) in order to be able help them. To that end, the analyses described in this article explore the differences and tensions in parent and family risks among a group of children whose mothers had contact with the CJS.
The research used data from a study of young people devised to explore patterns and correlations. The results showed that the two most prevalent problems in the backgrounds of this group of young people were poverty (61.5%) and maternal mental health problems (54.9%). But, results of cluster analyses suggest this group is actually made up of four meaningfully different subgroups: (1) children with only isolated risks, (2) children with histories of abuse, (3) children who have multiple parents/caregivers with histories of drug abuse and/or mental health problems, and (4) children whose parents have few problems, but who are living in economically deprived, single-parent households. Please log in via Taylor and Francis to read Differences Among Children Whose Mothers Have Been in Contact with the CJS
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