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High-Risk Families: Probationers and Their Children

High-Risk Families: Probationers and Their Children

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North Carolina Dept. of Correction. Office of Research and Planning (Raleigh, NC)

Published 2001. 12 pages.

Results from a descriptive study of "the children of probationers and the probation history/status of the parents of juvenile offenders" are provided (p. 1). Sections comprising this report are: introduction; literature review; the present research; methodology; analysis according to children, parents, current or past convictions, financial situation, marital status, attitude, past history of drug addiction, employed less than seven out of last 12 months, unemployed/unstable employment, and high school dropout; and conclusions. "[T]here are a sufficient number of probationers with children to merit serious attention in terms of program offerings and policy development" (p. 10). Accession Number: 018862

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