Child Neglect and Its Association With Subsequent Juvenile Drug and Alcohol Offense

Wan Yi Chen; Jennifer Propp; Ellen deLara; Kenneth Corvo

doi:10.1007/s10560-011-0232-2

Child Neglect and Its Association With Subsequent Juvenile Drug and Alcohol Offense

Wan Yi Chen, Jennifer Propp, Ellen deLara, Kenneth Corvo

School of Social Work

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	273-290
Number of pages	18
Journal	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-011-0232-2
State	Published - Aug 2011

Keywords

Child neglect
Ethnic difference
Gender difference
Juvenile drug and alcohol offenses

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
General Social Sciences

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