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ONE-TWO PUNCH:
WHEN FOSTER CARE FAILS, VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND
NEGLECT ARE RAISED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
by
Joe Piasecki
_____________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM)
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Joe Piasecki
Object Description
| Title | One-two punch: when foster care fails, victims of child abuse and neglect are raised by the criminal justice system |
| Author | Piasecki, Joe |
| Author email | piasecki@usc.edu;piaseckijoe@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Specialized Journalism |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-07-02 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-25 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-26 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-26 |
| Date published | 2012-07-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Celis, William |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Parks, Michael Fertig, Ralph |
| Abstract | In Los Angeles County, Calif., two agencies are responsible for raising children who become wards of the court. The Department of Children and Family Services intervenes to protect victims of child abuse and neglect, in some cases placing victims in the care of foster parents and group homes. The Probation Department is tasked with the discipline of children who commit criminal acts, utilizing facilities that include juvenile halls, group homes and probation camps. Many children who enter the delinquency system first came to the court’s attention through child welfare cases. A large number experience their first arrests in foster care, making an almost instantaneous leap from protective care to punitive custody. ❧ This paper examines the causes and consequences of overlap between the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and explores possibilities for reform. Research identifies child welfare group homes as catalysts for juvenile arrests, which especially impacts African-American youth, who are disproportionally housed in group homes. Foster children are also at a disadvantage in the delinquency system, often winding up in more restrictive settings because they are without permanent homes. ❧ L.A. County juvenile courts recently implemented reforms that allow some foster youth to retain child welfare status and access to its unique services despite involvement with the delinquency system. A number of other programs suggest greater reform is possible, such as remodeling juvenile probation facilities to prioritize delivery of social services. |
| Keyword | foster care; juvenile justice; juvenile crime; foster children; child welfare; juvenile court; juvenile arrests; juvenile probation; juvenile hall; crossover youth; Los Angeles; AB 129; group homes; suitable placement; placement crime; Department of Children and Family Services; African-American over-representation; detention alternatives; Missouri Department of Youth Services; Boys Republic; social services |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Piasecki, Joe |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-PiaseckiJo-1013.pdf |
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| Full text | ONE-TWO PUNCH: WHEN FOSTER CARE FAILS, VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ARE RAISED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM by Joe Piasecki _____________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Joe Piasecki |
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