Description & Citation--Study No. 4211

• Bibliographic Description
• Scope of Study
• Methodology
• Access and Availability

Bibliographic Description

4211

Impact of Alcohol or Drug Use and Incarceration on Child Care in Santa Clara County, California, 2003

Wiley, James A., San Francisco State University. Public Research Institute

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2002-IJ-CX-0030)

Wiley, James A. IMPACT OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE AND INCARCERATION ON CHILD CARE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 2003. ICPSR04211-v1. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco State University [producer], 2003. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-10-11. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04211.v1

Scope of Study

This pilot study was conducted in an attempt to better understand the jailed population in terms of the number of families at risk and the relationship between parental substance use and incarceration and its impact on the children of the incarcerated. The aim of the study was to describe the jailed population, their needs in relation to substance abuse and parenting issues, to explore children's risk factors resulting from having a parent with substance abuse and/or criminal justice involvement, and ultimately to offer a point of intervention for parents and children at risk. Participants included 229 men and 52 women aged 18 and older, who were in their first 48 hours of incarceration in the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections in August 2003 and who where voluntary participants in the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program (ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE MONITORING (ADAM) PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES, 2003 [ICPSR 4020]). Male subjects were chosen through a random selection process, while female participants were taken from a convenience sample. The pilot study used a questionnaire completed as an addendum to the ADAM program main interview. Major types of variables included in this study are type and duration of alcohol/drug use, family history of incarceration, number and ages of children for whom the respondent was the primary caregiver, social consequences for the child due to the incarceration of the respondent, and if the child had any problems with drugs and/or alcohol.

ADAM/DUF Program, alcohol abuse, child development, drug use, inmate populations, parental influence

California, United States

• 2003-01--2004-03

• 2003-08-04--2003-08-17  (August 2003)

individual

Men and women aged 18 and older who were incarcerated in the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections in August 2003.

survey data

Methodology

This pilot study was conducted to better understand the jailed population in terms of the number of families at risk and the relationship between parental substance use and incarceration and its impact on the children of the incarcerated. The study aimed to describe the jailed population, their needs in relation to substance abuse and parenting issues, to explore children's risk factors resulting from having a parent with substance abuse and/or criminal justice involvement, and ultimately to offer a point of intervention for parents and children at risk.

The study, conducted in August 2003, by San Francisco State University, Public Research Institute, consisted of a sample of 229 men and 52 women aged 18 and older, who were in their first 48 hours of incarceration in the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections and who were voluntary participants in NIJ's Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program (ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE MONITORING (ADAM) PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES, 2003 [ICPSR 4020]). ADAM Program participants were selected from all arrestees charged with any criminal act in Santa Clara County. Male subjects were chosen through a random selection process, while female subjects were taken from a convenience sample. The study used a questionnaire completed as an addendum to the ADAM Program main interview. All ADAM participants listened to a second informed consent statement upon completing of the main survey, after which they were asked to complete the ten-minute interview.

The sample for male subjects was a random sample from all males aged 18 years or more who were in their first 48 hours of incarceration in the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections and who were voluntary participants in NIJ's Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program. The sample for female subjects was a convenience sample from all females meeting the same criteria. There are several limitations to the study that should be considered. First, this was a pilot study with a limited number of respondents. Second, the anonymity of the ADAM study prevented any follow-up interviews with the children resulting in a one-sided reporting of family life. Third, any findings are specific to the Santa Clara County jail population, although preliminary findings show similarities between this population and jail populations in other counties.

Because data were only collected over a single quarter, ADAM sampling weights are not included in the data.

face-to-face interview, on-site questionnaire

Data were collected from the ADAM program interview and the questionnaire added as an addendum.

Variables used in the study include the gender and ethnicity of the respondents, type of offense currently incarcerated for, familial history of incarceration, history of drug and alcohol use (including types of drugs used), age when drugs and/or alcohol were first used, and number of times drugs and/or alcohol had been used in the last 12 months. Other variables pertain to the respondent's children, including the number and ages of children the respondent is responsible for, who the child lives with most of the time, who watches the child and where the child would stay while the respondent is incarcerated, number of days of school the child had missed in the past 12 months, if the child had any history of drug and/or alcohol use, if the child had ever been the victim of violence, if the child had ever been in a juvenile detention facility, and if the child or family had ever received any support such as tutoring, counseling, or parenting classes. Because data were only collected over a single quarter, ADAM sampling weights are not included in the data.

Among ADAM-eligible male arrestees, 56.7 percent consented to participate. Among female arrestees, 59.2 percent consented to participate. Ninety-seven percent of all ADAM participants consented to participate in the addendum survey.

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

• Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Access and Availability

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

2005-10-11

The data are restricted from general dissemination. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Data Transfer Agreement Form and specify the reasons for the request. A copy of the Data Transfer Agreement Form can be requested by calling 800-999-0960. The Data Transfer Agreement Form is also available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file from the NAJCD Web site. Completed forms should be returned to: Director, National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, P.O. Box 1248, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, or by fax: 734-647-8200.