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Intellectual, Developmental, and Physical Disabilities in U.S. Legal Settings: A Scoping Review
The authors conducted a scoping review to assess the current state of the literature related to individuals with disabilities who interact with the criminal and civil legal systems, with the goal of developing a future research agenda.
Nov 30, 2023
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Andrew Scruggs, Allyson D. Gittens, Samantha Matthews, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Rebecca L. Wolfe, Jack Kroger, Alina I. Palimaru
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Intellectual, Developmental, and Physical Disabilities in U.S. Legal Settings: Perspectives from People with Relevant Experience
The authors conducted interviews with professionals and people with lived experience to understand what it is like to interact with the civil or criminal legal system while having a disability, with the goal of developing a future research agenda.
Nov 30, 2023
Alina I. Palimaru, Allyson D. Gittens, Stephanie Brooks Holliday
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Intellectual, Developmental, and Physical Disabilities in U.S. Legal Settings: A Proposed Agenda for Future Research
In this report, the authors propose recommendations to guide researchers as they examine the experience of individuals with disabilities and their interactions with the U.S. criminal and civil legal systems.
Nov 30, 2023
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Alina I. Palimaru, Allyson D. Gittens
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A Toolkit for Community-Police Dialogue
This guide provides background on the purpose for the development of the RAND Corporation’s community-police dialogue exercise, guidance for planning and implementing the dialogue, and materials to help carry out the dialogue effectively.
Nov 27, 2023
Dionne Barnes-Proby, Samuel Peterson, Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Pierrce Holmes, Danielle Sobol, Nipher Malika, Meagan Cahill
Journal Article
Can Scenarios Help Policymakers Be Both Bold and Careful?
Low-probability and high-impact events have the potential to escalate into systemic crises. Developing the tools to anticipate and manage these scenarios is the focus of this volume.
Nov 27, 2023
Robert J. Lempert
Journal Article
Estimating the Lifetime Prevalence of Incarceration in the U.S. Veteran Population
This brief report estimates the lifetime prevalence of incarceration among U.S. military veterans using data from three nationally representative U.S. samples.
Nov 27, 2023
Jack Tsai, Robert H. Pietrzak, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Shoba Sreenivasan
Journal Article
A Comparative Look at Various Countries' Legal Regimes Governing Automated Vehicles
This article summarizes the makeup of AV legal regimes of Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom, with a focus on law and policy relating to highly to fully automated vehicles.
Nov 27, 2023
Brittany Eastman, Shay Collins, Ryan Jones, J.J. Martin, Marjory S. Blumenthal, Karlyn D. Stanley
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Testing the Efficacy of Pretrial Diversion: A Randomized Trial at the San Francisco Neighborhood Courts
An evaluation of Neighborhood Court, a restorative justice diversion program, indicates a statistically insignificant reduction in recidivism, positive perceptions of the program among stakeholders, and a public willingness to pay for its features.
Nov 27, 2023
Melissa M. Labriola, Jessie Coe, Isaac M. Opper, Danielle Sobol, Amy Mahler
Journal Article
Park Marketing Strategies, Park Conditions, and Park Use: A Longitudinal National Study of Parks
Increases in subsidized meal offerings and greater use of marketing to promote park events predicted increased person-hours of total weekly park use. Pathways predicting park use varied across user and activity type.
Nov 9, 2023
Andrea Richardson, Bing Han, Stephanie Williamson, Deborah A. Cohen
Journal Article
Influence of SNP*SNP Interaction on BMI in European American Adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Our results are suggestive of epistatic effects on BMI during adolescence and point to potentially interactive effects between genes in biological pathways important in obesity.
Nov 9, 2023
Kristin L. Young, Misa Graff, Kari E. North, Andrea Richardson, Leslie A. Lange, Ethan M. Lange, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Penny Gordon-Larsen
Journal Article
Does Investing in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods Improve Sleep?
While we did not observe sleep differences among residents between neighborhoods, living closer to a neighborhood investment was associated with better sleep outcomes.
Nov 8, 2023
Tamara Dubowitz, Ann C. Haas, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Rebecca L. Collins, Robin L. Beckman, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Andrea Richardson, Lauren Hale, Daniel J. Buysse, Matthew Buman, Wendy M. Troxel
Journal Article
Microsimulation Projections of Obesity Interventions on Cardiometabolic Health Disparities in the United States
Long-term health education campaigns can reduce obesity-related disease. All population groups benefit, but they would not substantially narrow cardiometabolic health disparities.
Nov 8, 2023
Andrea Richardson, Rushil Zutshi, PhuongGiang Nguyen, Bryan Tysinger, Roland Sturm
Journal Article
Police Bias and Low Relatability and Diet Quality: Examining the Importance of Psychosocial Factors in Predominantly Black Communities
Police bias and low relatability may play a role in community connection, social status, and ultimately dietary disparities for Black Americans. Addressing police bias and low relatability is a continuing and pressing public health issue.
Nov 6, 2023
Andrea Richardson, Rebecca L. Collins, Rachel M. Burns, Jonathan H. Cantor, Sameer M. Siddiqi, Tamara Dubowitz
Journal Article
Association of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 With Body Mass Trajectories of Children in Low-Income Families
In this cohort study using cross-cohort comparisons, children from low-income families who participated in the free or reduced-price NSLP had a higher likelihood of progression to high BMI that was no longer observed after HHFKA implementation.
Nov 6, 2023
Andrea Richardson, Margaret M. Weden, Irineo Cabreros, Ashlesha Datar
Journal Article
Multi-dimensional Profiles of Risk and Their Association with Obesity-Severity in Low-Income Black Women
Multi-level strategies may support low-income Black women’s resilience to obesity who face neighborhood-level and socioeconomic stressors.
Nov 6, 2023
Andrea Richardson, Rebecca L. Collins, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Robin L. Beckman, Wendy M. Troxel, Tamara Dubowitz
Journal Article
Students' Consumption of High and Low Nutrition Foods and Reduced Plate Waste by Schools' Wellness-Related Policies and Garden Program Participation
Participation in school-based programs that may support children's nutritious dietary behaviours varies across schools. We examined school participation in wellness-related policies, school-based garden programs and students' dietary behaviours.
Nov 6, 2023
Andrea Richardson, Alvin Kristian Nugroho, Tamara Dubowitz, Dana Schultz, Corby K. Martin
Report
Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Technical Violations of Probation or Parole Supervision
This report presents findings from an expert panel that explored ways to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the handling of technical violations of probation and parole — violations that, while not criminal, can be a driver of incarceration.
Nov 6, 2023
Joe Russo, Samuel Peterson, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Dulani Woods, Brian A. Jackson
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Barriers to the Commercialization and Adoption of New Underground Coal Mining Technologies in the United States
This report characterizes barriers to the development, commercialization, and adoption of new technologies for use in underground coal mining in the United States using input from structured interviews and a workshop with industry representatives.
Nov 1, 2023
Tom LaTourrette, Liam Regan, Kristin Van Abel
Journal Article
Examining the Effects of Perceptions of Police Effectiveness, Procedural Justice, and Legitimacy on Racial Differences in Anticipated Cooperation With Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania
This study used data from a representative sample of PA residents to measure public perceptions of police. The authors examined racial differences in these perceptions and whether normative or instrumental assessments can explain these differences.
Oct 27, 2023
Nathan E. Kruis, Richard H. Donohue, Nicholas Glunt, Nicholas J. Rowland, Jaeyong Choi
Journal Article
A Feasibility Study of Differentially Private Summary Statistics and Regression Analyses with Evaluations on Administrative and Survey Data
This paper studies the feasibility of using differentially private (DP) methods to make certain queries while preserving privacy.
Oct 27, 2023
Andrés F. Barrientos, Aaron R. Williams, Joshua Snoke, Claire McKay Bowen

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