Research Snapshot - Family, Education, Community and Poverty in the Lives of Court-Involved Youth

Research Snapshot Family, Education, Community and Poverty in the Lives of Court-Involved Youth What you need to know This study examined how living in poverty relates to a youth’s family, school, and community contexts that shape their health and behaviour. [...] At the time information about a young person’s risk of family of their involvement with LFCC, youth were between instability (e.g., housing instability, lack of supervision, Research Snapshot | Family, Education, Community and Poverty in the Lives of Court Involved Youth victim of abuse, etc.). [...] • Regardless of their level of poverty, more than 1 in • Youth living in moderate poverty had the lowest 4 court-involved youth were not living with their rate of school attendance and a higher rate of grade family. [...] While all the youth in a youth’s needs related to poverty (e.g., addressing this study demonstrated challenges in these areas barriers to accessing services, safe housing) and specific of life, those youth who experience higher levels of needs related to their challenges in family, school, and poverty more frequently demonstrate family structure community environments, in order to improve their in. [...] Research Snapshot | Family, Education, Community and Poverty in the Lives of Court Involved Youth Original Research Article: For a complete description of the research and findings, please see the full research article by clicking here About the Authors: Alan Leschied, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University and Orla C.