Status: This project will launch January 2025 and run until December 2027. Our lab is actively hiring for study positions.
This study is a longitudinal extension which aims to expand the understanding of intergenerational risk and protective processes for families with extensive criminal legal systems involvement. The study has followed 158 (8 participants are deceased) women for 20 years, beginning with their enrollment in the study during adolescence, ages 13-17 years. Women participated in a randomized intervention trial aimed at reducing delinquency through participation in the intervention Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO). The research team previously collected 14 waves of data from adolescence to adulthood (participants are 35 years old, on average) focused on delinquency and crime, health-risk behaviors, public systems involvement, parenting, and partner relationships.The proposed extension includes re-recruiting original participants and building a multigenerational sample with their offspring, ages 9-26 (est. n = 200), and a second parent/caregiver, all of whom would participate in a single web-based assessment.
This study builds off Dr. Schweer-Collins' Turning Points for Women Study and has two main goals:
- The first goal of the study is to build a robust and unique multi-generational sample of previously justice-involved women and their offspring.
- The second goal is to amplify the measurement of assets, protective factors, and resilience across ecological levels.
Read more about the recently funded grant via the National Institute of Justice Annoucement