DOI: 10.3886/icpsr04211.v1
title: Impact of Alcohol or Drug Use and Incarceration on Child Care in Santa Clara County, California, 2003
title: Version 1

description: 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.
description: 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.
description: 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.
description: 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.
description: Because data were only collected over a single quarter,
ADAM sampling weights are not included in the data.
description: Response Rates: 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.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Likert-type scales were used.
description: 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.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Impact of Alcohol or Drug Use and Incarceration on Child Care in Santa Clara County, California, 2003
description: Men and women aged 18 and older who were incarcerated in
the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections in August 2003.
description: face-to-face interview; on-site questionnaire