@article{ref1,
title="Juvenile justice and child welfare dual system involvement among females with and without histories of commercial sexual exploitation",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2023",
author="Dierkhising, Carly B. and Eastman, Andrea Lane and Chan, Kristine",
volume="150",
number="",
pages="e106989-e106989",
abstract="Commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) is related to both child welfare (CW) and juvenile justice (JJ) system involvement, yet research of CSE largely examines single system involvement. Using a sample of justice involved females with histories in out-of-home care, this study explores dual system contact for females with CSE experiences (n = 225) compared to a matched sample of females without a history of CSE (n = 237). Differences between the samples' system experiences were compared using chi-square analyses or t-tests of group mean differences. Nearly all females had a history of at least one maltreatment allegation and between 69% and 76% of the samples were classified as dual system females as measured by the justice-involved youth also having a substantiated case of maltreatment. The CSE sample, compared to the no-CSE sample, had significantly more contact with the juvenile justice system including more arrests, petitions filed, bench warrants, and entrances to detention. <br><br>FINDINGS highlight the extent of dual system involvement among justice involved females with histories of CSE and out-of-home care, and the need for cross-systems collaboration to improve youth outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106989",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106989"
}