Prior studies have shown that individuals with experiences of child welfare interventions have high rates of adverse social and health outcomes. Yet little is known about whether they are disproportionately subjected to crime victimization. Using repeated cross-sectional data for 32,332 adolescents in Stockholm (of which around 1% is placed in family foster care), this study asks whether adolescents placed in family foster care have higher rates of crime victimization compared to same aged peers living in other family types. The aim is also to examine if this trend is the same for adolescents placed in family foster care over time.Results from gender stratified logistic regression analyses show that adolescents placed in family foster care have a higher risk of reporting various forms of crime victimization compared to adolescents living in intact families. The differences were less pronounced when compared to adolescents living in single parent families. With the exception of having experienced severe threats, where they show an increase in risk over time, results from interaction analyses suggest that adolescents in family foster care generally follow the same decreasing trend as their peers living in other family types. Implications for research, policy and practice are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-193661 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Brandvik, Hanna, Lundgren, Katja |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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