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Effect of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Involvement on Length of Court Jurisdiction and Placement Outcomes

Armitage, Lindsay J
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1386595489

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2008, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
CASA involvement has been associated with increases in adoption outcomes (Poertner & Press, 1990) and reductions in placement changes (Litzelfelner, 2000). In this study, 234 CASA involved cases and 234 non-CASA involved cases involving Caucasian and African American children ages 3 months to 17 years old were matched on age, race, and reason for referral to out-of-home care and were compared on four outcome variables: length of time under court jurisdiction, number of placement changes, number of negative placement changes (movements to more restrictive settings), and type of placement at case termination. No differences were found between the CASA involved and non-CASA involved groups on these four variables. Analyses were also conducted using age and race as grouping variables.
Kathleen J. Hart, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Kathleen Burklow, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Christian End, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
114 p.
Counseling Psychology; Law
social sciences; psychology; Court Appointed Special Advocate; CASA; court jurisdiction; placement

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  • Armitage, L. J. (2008). Effect of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Involvement on Length of Court Jurisdiction and Placement Outcomes [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1386595489

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Armitage, Lindsay. Effect of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Involvement on Length of Court Jurisdiction and Placement Outcomes. 2008. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1386595489.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Armitage, Lindsay. "Effect of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Involvement on Length of Court Jurisdiction and Placement Outcomes." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1386595489

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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