Recidivism is the norm, with 60% of people released from prison reincarcerated within 36 months ( Langan & Levin, 2002). Each year, another 14 million adults are arrested and held for hours or days in city or county jails ( USDOJ, 2009 Drucker, 2005). In the same year, estimates of the total incarcerated population were over 2.4 million adults, with another 4.2 million on parole or probation ( West & Sabol, 2008). In 2007, the prison population increased more rapidly than the United States resident population ( West & Sabol, 2008). Over the last 30 years, the United States has seen an unprecedented rise in incarceration rates of over 500% ( Bernstein, 2005 Cohen, 2006). The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other country in the world ( Cohen, 2006 Harrison & Beck, 2005). The study aims to understand, over time, the impact of parental CJSI on their children's mental health, including the effects of the collateral legal damage of CJSI (such as eviction and deportation), substance use, the development of risky behaviors leading to the child's potential involvement with the criminal justice system, as well as protective factors and identification of potential intervention points, which has the ability to inform public policy.
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Accordingly, Columbia University-New York State's Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (CPEG), supported by a strong collaboration with The Bronx Defenders, a holistic public defender providing free legal representation, is conducting a longitudinal study examining the effects of parental involvement with the criminial justice system on this population.
Despite the existing body of research examining the effects of imprisonment on incarcerated adults, as of yet, there is no solid empirical evidence for understanding the effects of parental involvement with the criminal justice system involvement (CJSI) on children and families.
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