Scholarship has consistently examined the relationship between criminal justice contact and offending among youth; within this, a growing body of research has also begun to examine the collateral consequences of juvenile justice contact on longer-term outcomes such as educational attainment, employment, and mental health. The goal of this study is to examine how early and repeated juvenile arrest relates to changes in family relationships across time. Through the lenses of life-course and labeling theory, analysis of 11 waves of data from the Pathways to Desistance project (a multisite U.S study) demonstrates that neither age at first arrest nor frequency of subsequent arrest significantly relates to changes in family support across time. However, self-reported offending was strongly related to decreased levels of family support across time. Findings highlight that the “label” of arrest does not necessarily contribute to deleterious family outcomes among “high risk” youth.

奖学金一直在研究青少年刑事司法接触与犯罪之间的关系；在此范围内，越来越多的研究也开始研究少年司法接触对教育程度、就业和心理健康等长期结果的附带后果。本研究的目的是研究早期和反复少年逮捕与家庭关系随时间变化的关系。通过生命历程和标签理论的视角，对来自 Pathways to Desistance 项目（一项多地点美国研究）的 11 波数据的分析表明，第一次被捕的年龄和随后被捕的频率都与随时间变化的家庭支持变化显着相关. 然而，自我报告的犯罪行为与随时间推移家庭支持水平下降密切相关。