Pub Date : 2015-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1092950
Haeil Jung, R. Lalonde
Using matched administrative records from the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, this paper finds that mothers' rates of re-incarceration are higher than those of women without children. It is also found that incarcerated mothers whose children have been in foster care have a higher re-incarceration rate than do women without children. The re-incarceration rate is particularly higher among mothers whose children were placed in foster care at the time of their first incarceration and mothers who had children in foster care but lost their custody before their first incarceration. These findings are more pronounced among white women with records of drug-related offenses or drug addiction than among their African-American counterparts.
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Pub Date : 2015-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1058243
Beth Tarasawa, J. Waggoner
The nearly 10 million English Language Learners (ELLs) represent the fastest-growing segment of the US's public school student population. While research continually finds that ELL parents, generally speaking, place a high value on their children's education, many immigrant, refugee, and ELL parents experience their relationships with their children's schools very differently from mainstream English-speaking families. Schools often struggle to meet the unique instructional and linguistic needs of these students, and communities with large ELL populations face the additional challenge of communicating with parents, who may have limited fluency in English and comparatively low levels of literacy in their native languages [Arias, M. B., and M. Morillo-Campbell. 2008. Promoting ELL Parental Involvement: Challenges in Contested Times. Education Policy Research Unit. http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/EPSL-0801-250-EPRU.pdf.]. Additionally, immigrant and ELL parents may have had negative experiences with educational institutions or less exposure to formal schooling. Thus, for schools to increase parental involvement most effectively, both traditional and nontraditional approaches to family engagement must be implemented within practices that are culturally and linguistically appropriate. This article provides an overview of the barriers that limit ELL parental involvement, recommends strategies that promote family engagement, and concludes with a case study of one public school district's successful outreach efforts.
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Pub Date : 2015-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1057109
Monique Constance-Huggins
authors argue for policy changes aimed at promoting men’s economic stability, including those that would ensure that child support orders do not imperil fathers’ financial solvency, and those that would make nonresident fathers eligible to receive tax credits for child support contributions. Whereas the authors acknowledge the benefits that children receive from child support payments, fathers’ financial contributions often do not directly benefit children whose parents receive public assistance on their behalf. Most states limit the amount of child support that is passed to children receiving public aid, instead using child support funds to reimburse the state’s outlays for that child. The book might have been strengthened by an analysis of the implications of such state policies for economically vulnerable families. On balance, Failing Our Fathers offers a succinct overview of the challenges facing economically vulnerable fathers. This book would be especially useful for scholars, policy-makers, and others aiming to gain an understanding of recent research on nonresidential fathers. The research and analyses presented here offer a solid starting point for dialogue about policy changes that would better support vulnerable fathers and their families.
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Pub Date : 2015-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1065474
Robin L. Phinney
inequalities. This book represents an important step in destigmatizing teen pregnancy and is a call to action to protect and empower our teenage girls. The authors advocate for public discourse and political action and recommend several policies that have yet to garner widespread, bipartisan support. They acknowledge this uphill battle but unfortunately offer few novel approaches to fighting it. Nonetheless, this book is a must-read for anyone committed to supporting and understanding the plight of teenage mothers, and for those dedicated to empowering teenage girls through structural and systemic change. These stories represent a starting point for dialogues among families, educational systems, healthcare providers, and government leaders. The authors – and I – hope that this exploration of the lives of teenage mothers will help shift the blame away from individual behavior and improve lives through engaging families, workplaces, schools, and communities.
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Pub Date : 2015-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1070812
Damian M. Waters
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Pub Date : 2015-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1069262
Mary Phillips
grams in the 1970s eroded political support for welfare while challenging the underlying logic of needs-based assistance. Workfare principles became firmly entrenched in the 1990s with the dismantling of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (or welfare) program and expansion of the EITC. Bertram shows that at each critical moment of reform, the real political battle lines were drawn between Democrats with opposing conceptions of public assistance, rather than between opposing political parties. While liberal Democrats emphasized a ‘welfarist’ conception of assistance based on need, conservative southern Democrats pushed forth a ‘workfarist’ conception of assistance tied to employment. Though Republicans were at times partners in this effort, the primary architects of workfare were congressional southern Democrats intent on maintaining the existing structure of the low-wage labor market in the South. ‘Workfare was, in short,’ the author argues, ‘a Democratic project’ (244). Bertram’s decision to situate the political story of workfare’s evolution amidst a backdrop of broader regional and national economic conditions adds to the depth of her analysis and extends the relevance of her findings to a broad audience. Drawing out the unique features of the southern economy provides context for understanding conservative Democrats’ opposition to needs-based welfare programs as well as their support for work-oriented reform. Moreover, through her analysis of national economic trends and the changing structure of low-wage labor market, Bertram identifies the broader implications of the workfare state. Specifically, the author argues that a move away from stable and long-term jobs for low-wage workers is ultimately inconsistent with an antipoverty approach that conditions public assistance on work activity. In an economy characterized by contingent and short-term employment, assistance is denied precisely when it is needed most. Rather than offering families a path out of poverty, the workfare state ultimately traps the working poor in the low-wage labor market while failing to provide for those unable to find work. By expertly weaving political and economic stories into one, Bertram uncovers both the causes and consequences of the workfare state – findings that will be of interest to a broad range of scholars of the American welfare state.
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Pub Date : 2015-07-03DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1071243
K. Wagner
illuminates the disparities that exist within racial groups. This investigation conveys the important message that not all Asians, for example, have the same experiences. This analysis of within-group differences, the authors suggest, is critical to improving cultural competency/cultural sensitivity among those working with racial minorities. Another of the book’s contributions to the disparity discourse is its cross-system approach to analyzing and addressing racial disparities. The authors acknowledge that the poor outcomes of racial minorities are not restricted to one system, such as education; therefore, their comprehensive analysis takes into account the child welfare, juvenile justice, education, mental health, and healthcare systems. Given the intersection of systems, approaches to bridging social and economic gaps must also be cross-system in nature. This approach is different from that of many other discussions of disparity, which focus their interventions on a single system. Rather than merely describing the problem of racial disproportionality and disparities, the book offers suggestions for improving practice for racial minorities in various systems. The suggestions for future direction are practical and provide a framework for practitioners and policy-makers to mitigate racial disproportionality and disparities in human services. One area of human services that is noticeably absent from the book’s analysis is the public cash-assistance program. It is well established that racial disproportionality and disparity exist in public welfare and that children whose parents receive welfare have poorer outcomes in many areas, such as education and child welfare. The inclusion of this system – a means-tested program – would have further illuminated the role of poverty in shaping outcomes for racial minorities across various systems. Further, it would have provided another point of intervention for improving the outcomes of racial minorities. Overall, Addressing Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Human Services makes a strong contribution to the literature on this topic. An awareness of the disparities within social services should inspire social workers and policy-makers to improve the conditions of racial minorities. This move to action is a critical step in meeting what the authors call ‘needs of the changing demographics in the United States.’
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Pub Date : 2015-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1006591
Von E. Nebbitt, M. Lombe, Qiana R. Cryer-Coupet, Jennifer Stephens
Drawing from problem behavior theory (PBT), this study investigates whether the relationship between exposure to delinquent peers and delinquent behavior is moderated by peer influences as well as by generalized self-efficacy and an adolescent's attitudes toward deviance. We also explore how gender may influence these relationships. A sample of 401 African-American adolescents living in public housing developments in two large US cities was recruited for this investigation. The preliminary analyses included t-test and bivariate correlations, while our primary analysis included hierarchical regression analysis. The regression analysis included two-way and three-way interaction terms to assess the moderating effects of peer influences, generalized self-efficacy, and attitudes toward deviance as well as gender, respectively. Results indicate that the effects of exposure to delinquent peers depend on peers' influence over adolescents and other factors. Findings provide partial support for PBT and suggest that the relationship between exposure to delinquent peers and delinquent behavior, with regard to minority youth living in urban public housing, merits further investigation. Results have the potential to guide preventative interventions targeting African-American youth living in urban public housing and also inform future inquiries into the lives of such youth.
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Pub Date : 2015-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1013923
Nick Frost
ship opportunities were systematically denied to blacks through redlining and other exclusionary practices. This illustrates that whites’ economic gains were thus not entirely rooted in self-sufficiency – that whites also benefited from governmental largess, which set the stage for their cumulative advantage. The book’s concluding chapter highlights proposed policies of metropolitan equity, which Troutt believes can overcome the mean-spirited localism that Americans so often exhibit, focusing instead on equitable regionalism. One prospective policy would raise the minimum wage in certain regions where the cost of living is much higher than the national average. Another plan involves implementing inclusionary zoning laws, which would mandate that new developments in any town in a given region include affordablehousing options. Troutt acknowledges that it would be difficult to win support for some of these proposed remedies. For example, with regard to inclusionary zoning, he admits that some towns would find ways to stall or avoid obeying these regulations altogether, and that obtaining their compliance would obviously require heavy enforcement. Although many of the policy prescriptions that Troutt offers seem somewhat idealistic given the current political landscape, The Price of Paradise is a well-researched book that should be read by both undergraduate and graduate students interested in inequality and urban problems. In addition, Troutt’s impassioned writing makes the book both accessible and compelling for nonacademics.
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Pub Date : 2015-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2015.1031729
Alfred G. Pérez
most of the chapters are alive and vibrant, reflecting contemporary challenges and concerns, and a weakness, because some chapters (the first, for example) are underreferenced and a little too chatty in style. The academic authors include many leading commentators in the field, who contributed well-written and analytical chapters that address many of the contemporary challenges of child protection in England. The chapters cover child sexual exploitation, early help and abuse of teenagers and children who go missing, for example. One strange omission is a consideration of the extensive patterns of abuse that have been recently uncovered involving celebrities, most notoriously the former disc jockey Jimmy Savile. It can be argued that these scandals have contributed to major shifts in our understanding of, and response to, child sexual abuse. The book as one particular advantage: written by people at the forefront of contemporary thinking and policy implementation, it focuses on many of today’s main challenges. That may, however, present the danger that when we have indeed ‘moved on from Munro’, and the child protection gaze has moved beyond the latest scandal, the book will seem dated rather quickly. In the meantime, the book offers a valuable insight into the operation of the child protection system and how services for our most vulnerable children can be improved.
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