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Thesis
How restrictiveness of child welfare service setting and service dosage relate to rearrest and school dropout outcomes among dually involved youth
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00011072
Abstract
Many youths involved in the child welfare or juvenile justice system will also enter the other system during their childhood. Dually involved youth face a unique set of challenges, demonstrating higher rates of negative legal and school outcomes compared to youth involved with only one system. This thesis examined administrative data from 350 students arrested in Philadelphia schools who had previous child welfare system involvement to evaluate how the number of child welfare services a youth received prior to the school-based arrest and the most restrictive child welfare setting a youth experienced (i.e., in-home, kinship care, foster care, and group home) were associated with the outcomes of rearrest within five years and school dropout within four years. Results indicated that a greater number of child welfare services received was associated with a greater likelihood of rearrest among dually involved youth, but not with a greater likelihood of school dropout. The restrictiveness of child welfare service settings was not associated with the likelihood of rearrest or school dropout and the number of services received in a given setting did not influence the likelihood of rearrest differently depending upon setting restrictiveness. Implications of findings for policies and practices to individualize services for youth, enhance interagency-agency communication, and build cross-system data capacity are discussed, and study limitations (e.g., use of real-world administrative data) and targets for future research (e.g., emphasis not just on quantity of services but also on quality) are reviewed.
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- Title
- How restrictiveness of child welfare service setting and service dosage relate to rearrest and school dropout outcomes among dually involved youth
- Creators
- Kayla McKeon
- Contributors
- Naomi E. Goldstein (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vi, 46 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991022058832504721