Advances in Life-Course Criminology: Family Contexts, Adversity, and Justice System Contact

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This panel examines the interrelationships between family contexts, early adversity, and various forms of justice system contact across the life course. The papers explore both how early life experiences shape pathways to system involvement and how system contact itself influences subsequent outcomes. The first study investigates how the timing and duration of childhood neglect influence delinquency in adolescence. The second paper examines the relationship between parental incarceration and school-based arrests, with attention to school connectedness as a mediating factor. The third presentation analyzes how family disadvantage conditions the impact of adolescent arrest on early adulthood outcomes. Finally, the fourth paper investigates how drug arrests influence self-rated health outcomes, providing insights into the health consequences of specific forms of criminal justice contact. Collectively, these papers advance our understanding of the complex bidirectional relationships between family circumstances, early adversity, and interactions with the justice system, suggesting possibilities for more effective interventions to disrupt cycles of disadvantage.

Sub Unit

• Area II. Perspectives on Crime / 2. Developmental and Life Course Perspectives

Individual Presentations

• Child Neglect and Delinquency in Adolescence - Sibo Espitia Pierluissi, University of Colorado Boulder

• Parental Incarceration and Arrest at School: A Focus on Justice-Involved Youth - Szilvia D. Biro, Florida State University

• Differential Impacts of Adolescent Arrest by Family Disadvantage - Alyssa Talaugon, Florida State University

• The Influence of Drug Arrests on Self-Rated Health: Analysis from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health - Amanda Ljuba, University of Colorado Boulder; Luke Michael Novack, Northwest Missouri State University

Chair

• Jillian Turanovic, University of Colorado Boulder