Assessing Services for Children Contemporaneous with Caretaker Arrest

• In Event: Poster Session II

Abstract

While evidence establishes the adverse consequences of caretaker incarceration upon children, there are little to no data on what happens to children in the earliest stages of the criminal justice process, specifically the period between arrest and trial. This study employees systems analysis and qualitative interviews to describe previously undocumented data on what happens to children after a caretaker is arrested and where the criminal justice system can develop opportunities to intervene with this vulnerable population.

Authors

• Anne S Douds, Penn State Harrisburg

• Christine Hollman, Penn State Harrisburg