One in Seven Children Has a Recently Arrested Relative, Study Finds

Professor Naoka Carey is featured in The Imprint discussing her new study — published in JAMA Network Open — finding that roughly one in seven children and teens in the United States has had a family member charged with a criminal offense in the past five years. The rate of criminal justice involvement in children’s families tripled between 2000 and 2019, even as crime rates declined. “It’s not some small group of families that is impacted — it is a lot of children and a lot of families,” Carey said.