Criminal conduct subgroups of “aging out” foster youth |
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| Institution: | 1. Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2400 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, United States;2. Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois–Chicago, 1040 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States;3. Department of Sociology, University of Illinois–Chicago, 1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States;1. Robert D. McCormick Center for Child Advocacy and Policy, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., Dickson Hall, Room 370, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA;2. Institute for Families, School of Social Work, Rutgers University, 55 Commercial Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA;1. School of Social Work, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, United States;2. School of Social Work, University of Michigan, United States;3. Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, United States;2. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States |
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| Abstract: | Subgroups of adolescents drawn from the Midwest Study of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth were identified on the basis of cluster analysis of self-reported criminal behavior: Cluster 1: No Criminal Activity (n = 204), Cluster 2: Moderate Criminal Conduct (n = 300), Cluster 3: Extensive Criminal Involvement (n = 87), and Cluster 4: Group Fighting (n = 139). Logistic regression analysis revealed higher proportions of foster youth with alcohol and drug diagnoses, male gender, out of school status, and limited caregiver closeness in each of the groups in which there was evidence of significant criminal conduct (Clusters 2, 3, & 4) in comparison to the no criminal activity group (Cluster 1). The same variables contributed to discrimination between the cluster subgroup with the most serious and pervasive pattern of criminal conduct (Cluster 3) and the two with less extensive criminal involvement (Clusters 2 & 4). Current findings and those of G. R. Cusick, M. E. Courtney, J. Havlicek & N. Hess (2010), help in identifying the differing needs of youth aging out of the child welfare system and should be useful in informing development of targeted interventions. |
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