A new study from the University of Michigan found that about four in 10 American children were exposed to the criminal justice system through a potential caregiver (an adult who co-resides with the child) by the time they reached the age of 18. The study also demonstrates a correlation between children who are exposed to the system and multiple adverse childhood outcomes, including cognitive difficulty, being behind in school, teen parenthood, teen crime, and death by age 18, even after controlling for a range of factors including household income, place of birth, age, gender, and race.
By Adam Shamsi for Arnold Ventures
