Peer Reviewed Publications

Adolescent Health Sciences:

Nur, Alexandra V. and Silver, Ian A. 2025 “A Comparative Examination of Adult Health after Youth Exposure to Juvenile and Adult Systems.” Academic Pediatrics. 103158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2025.103158. (Corrigendum; Corrigendum Materials)

Silver, Ian A., Newsome Jaime, and Cohen, Tova. 2025 “Health Inequalities: Is Adolescent Involvement in the Legal System Associated with Reduced Health Care Access and Usage during Adulthood?” Preventive Medicine. 200, 108413 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108413 . (Supplemental Materials; Github; Pre-Print; Corrigendum; Corrigendum Materials)

Testa, Alexander, Mijares, Luis, Jackson, Dylan, B., Semenza, Daniel C., Stansfield, Richard, Silver, Ian A., and Mungia, Rhama. 2025 “Early Life Violent Victimization and Dental Care Use from Adolescence through Adulthood.” Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 53, 676-684. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.70016

Testa, Alexander, Mijares, Luis, Jackson, Dylan, B., Semenza, Daniel C., Stansfield, Richard, Silver, Ian A., and Mungia, Rhama. 2025 “Violent Victimization Trajectories Over the Life Course and Past Year Dental Care Use in Adulthood” Public Health, 243, 105725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105725.

Silver, Ian A., Semenza, Daniel C., and Wooldredge, John. 2025. “The Lasting Effects of Incarcerating Juveniles in U.S. Adult Facilities: Examining the Impact on Employment and Income During Early Adulthood” British Journal of Criminology. 65, 996-1015. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae094. (Pre-Print; Supplemental Materials; Github; Corrigendum; Corrigendum Materials)

Silver, Ian A., Cohen, Tova., and Newsome Jaime. 2024 “Juvenile Incarceration in an Adult Facility and Violent Victimization During Adulthood.” Journal of Adolescence, 97, 850-860. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12459. (Supplemental Materials; Github; Corrigendum; Corrigendum Materials)

Silver, Ian A., Schwartz, Joseph A., and Allen, Samantha L. 2024 “Does Mental Health Influence Contact with the Criminal Justice System: A Within-Individual Evaluation of Period Specific Changes.” Criminal Behavior and Mental Health. 34, 397–410. http://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2354 .

Semenza, Daniel C., Silver, Ian A., and Jackson, Dylan. 2024 “Youth incarceration in adult facilities and mental health in early adulthood.” Journal of Adolescence Health. 74(5), 989-995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.01.008 (Corrigendum; Corrigendum Materials)

Silver, Ian A., Semenza, Daniel C., and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2023 “Incarceration of Youths in an Adult Correctional Facility and Risk of Premature Death.” JAMA Network Open. 6(7):e2321805.. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21805. (Supplemental Materials; R-Script).

Silver, Ian A., Brookstein, Adrienne, and D’Amato, Christopher. 2023 “Juvenile Incarceration in an Adult Correctional Facility as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Childrearing?” Journal of Adolescence. 95, 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12096. (Supplemental Materials; R-Script; Post-Print Publication)

Semenza, Daniel C. and Silver, Ian A. 2022 “Stuck in the cycle? Assessing a reciprocal model of health, incarceration, and relative disadvantage over twenty-five years” Journal of Criminal Justice. 82, 101963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101963 (R-Script; Supplemental Materials; Full Model Results)

Silver, Ian A., Nedelec, Joseph L., Segal, Nancy L., and Lonergan, Holly. 2021 “Heteropaternal siblings misclassified as dizygotic twins: A potential biasing factor for heritability estimates?” Behavior Genetics. 51, 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-020-10039-3. (R-code)

Silver, Ian A., and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2020 “Traumatic brain injury and adverse psychological effects: Examining a pathway to aggressive offending.” Aggressive Behavior, 46, 254-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21886.

Silver, Ian A., Province, Karli, and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2020. “Self-reported traumatic brain injury during key developmental stages and its effect on co-occurring psychological symptoms in an adjudicated sample.” Brain Injury, 34, 375-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2020.1723166.

Public Health Research:

Testa, Alexander, Mijares, Luis, Semenza, Daniel, Stansfield, Richard, Silver, Ian A., Jackson, Dylan, Neumann, Ana, Temple, Jeff, Mungia, Rahma. 2025 “Community Firearm Violence and Dental Care Use in Middle Adulthood.” Journal of Urban Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-025-01015-5

Semenza, Daniel C., Silver, Ian A., Stansfield, Richard, and Savage, Brielle. 2025 “The Longitudinal Impact of Firearm Dealer Openings and Closings on Local Shootings in the United States.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 108079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2025.108079

Smiley-McDonald, Hope M., Lambdin, Barrot H., Lattimore, Pamela K., Silver, Ian A., Pope, Mark W. , Wire, Sean E., & Kral Alex H. 2025 “Drug Decriminalization Policy Under the Microscope in the United States: Crime Data Considerations to Inform Future Research.” International Journal of Drug Policy. 145, 104932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104932

Silver, Ian A., Bechtel, Kristin and Dawes, Debbie. 2025 “Reducing School Crime Events and Status Offense Complaints: Additional Evidence for School Justice Partnerships” Journal of Experimental Criminology. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-025-09680-x (Data; Analysis Script; Pre-Print)

Wire, Sean, Sivaraman, Josie, C., Smiley-McDonald, Hope, Silver, Ian A., Lambdin, Barrot H., Kral, Alex H. 2025 “Public calls for service to the police: Trends before and during drug possession decriminalization in Oregon.” International Journal of Drug Policy. 142, 104834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104834

Semenza, Daniel C., Silver, Ian A., Stansfield, Richard, Testa, Alexander, Mungia, Rhama, Jackson, Dylan, B., and Savage, Brielle. 2025 “Firearm Violence and Dental Health: A Neighborhood Analysis in 100 US Cities, 2014-2022.” American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 68, 1160-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2025.02.021

Stansfield, Richard, Semenza, Daniel C., Silver, Ian A., and Savage, Brielle. 2025 “Licensed firearm dealers, ATF inspection violations, and the impact on local shootings.” Justice Quarterly. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2025.2459158

Viglione, Jill and Silver, Ian A. 2024. “Adaptation and Accountability: Examining changes in technical violations and revocations during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Journal of Crime and Justice. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2024.2433519.

Silver, Ian A., Burtch, Emily, Janda, Kimberly, Lattimore, Pamela, K., and DeMichele, Matthew. 2024. “Slowing down reinvolvement in the system: A multi-site examination of the effects of COVID on time until readmission into jail.” American Journal of Criminal Justice. Online First. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-024-09778-4. (Pre-Print)

DeMichele, Matthew, Silver, Ian A., and Labrecque, Ryan M. 2024. “Smart Decarceration: Is it Possible to Detain Fewer People and Reduce Arrests?” Crime and Delinquency. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287241301017. (Pre-Print)

Silver, Ian A., Krebs, Christopher P., and Dawes, Debbie. 2024 “Can we Break the School to Prison Pipeline Through Partnerships?: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of School Justice Partnerships” Journal of Experimental Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-024-09628-7 (Data; Cleaning Script; Analysis Script; Research Brief; Pre-Print)

Semenza, Daniel C., Stansfield, Richard, Silver, Ian A., and Bamwine, Patricia. 2024 “Local gun violence, mental health, and sleep: A neighborhood analysis in one hundred US Cities” Social Science & Medicine. 351, 116929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116929

Silver, Ian A., DeMichele, Matthew, Dole, Jenna L., Labrecque, Ryan M., and Dawes, Debbie. 2024 “An Age Graded Approach to Justice Involvement Prediction: An Evaluation of the Public Safety Assessment.” Law and Human Behavior. 48(2), 148-161. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000556 (Pre-Print)

Semenza, Daniel C., Silver, Ian A. Stansfield, Richard, and Savage, Brielle. 2023. “Reciprocal Neighborhood Dynamics in Gun Violence Exposure, Community Health,
and Concentrated Disadvantage in One Hundred US Cities.” Journal of Urban Health. 100 (6), 1128-1139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00796-x

Semenza, Daniel C., Silver, Ian A., Stansfield, Richard, and Boen, Courtney. 2023 “Concentrated Disadvantage and Functional Disability: A Longitudinal Neighborhood Analysis in 100 U.S. Cities, 2014-2019.” Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 0(0). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-220487.

Stansfield, Richard, Semenza, Daniel C., and Silver, Ian A. 2023 “The Relationship between Concealed Carry Licenses and Firearm Homicide in the United States: A Reciprocal County-level Analysis.” Journal of Urban Health. 0(0). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00759-2.

Kelsay, James D., Silver, Ian A., and Butler, Leah C. 2023 “Reducing Officer-Involved Deaths of Civilians in Urban Areas: Forecasting the Effects of Departmental Policies.” Race & Justice. 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/21533687231167607; Full Images; Supplemental Materials

Silver, Ian A., Liu, Hexuan, and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2022 “Genetically adjusted propensity scores: A methodological proposal and simulated comparison to discordant MZ twin models.” Twin Research and Human Genetics. 25, 24–39. https//doi.org/10.1017/thg.2022.2 (Initial Simulation R-Script; Looped Simulation R-Script; Complete Results; Supplemental File)

Silver, Ian A., Kelsay, James D., and Lonergan, Holly. 2022 “Illicit drug use, depressive symptoms, and general health: Exploring the comorbidity across 11 years in a national sample.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 55:2, 180-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2022.2053003

Silver, Ian A. and D’Amato, Christopher. 2021 “The within-individual lagged effects of time spent incarcerated on substance use: A nationally representative longitudinal study from the United States.” Journal of Substance Use. 28:1, 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2021.2006336

Silver, Ian A., D’Amato, Christopher, and Wooldredge, John. 2021 “A cycle of reentry and reincarceration: Examining the influence on employment over a period of 18 years.” Journal of Criminal Justice. 74, 101812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2021.101812.

D’Amato Christopher, Silver, Ian A., Newsome, Jamie., and Latessa, Edward J. 2021 “Progressing policy towards a risk/need informed sanctioning model.” Criminology & Public Policy, 20, 41-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12526.

Silver, Ian A. and Kelsay, James D. 2021 “Examining an indirect pathway from the variety of stressful life events to violent victimization through acquired psychological symptoms.” Justice Quarterly. 39:5, 953-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2021.1916062 . (Supplemental Materials)

Linning Shannon J. and Silver, Ian A. 2021 “Crime fluctuations during natural disasters: Understanding the time-course of crime opportunities during Hurricane Harvey.” Natural Hazard Review, 22, 04021023. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000466.

Kelsay, James D., Silver, Ian A., and Barnes, J.C. 2020. “The Association Between Adolescent Gun Ownership and Gun Carrying and Adulthood Violence and Victimization.” Violence and Victims. 36(1), 157-192. https:/doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-19-00090.

Nedelec, Joseph L., Silver, Ian A., Province, Karli, and Theocharidou, Kalliopi. 2020. “Of sex, families, and psychology: A sibling-comparison analysis of the influence of adverse psychological effects on sexual and familial behaviors.” Personality and Individual Differences, 169, 109998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109998

Nedelec, Joseph L, Richardson, George, and Silver, Ian A. 2017. “Religiousness, spirituality, and substance use: A genetically sensitive examination and critique.” Journal of Drug Issues, 47, 340-355. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042617693382

Nedelec, Joseph L., Park, Insun, and Silver, Ian A. 2016. “The effect of the maturity gap on delinquency and drug use over the life course: A genetically sensitive longitudinal design.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 47, 84-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.07.001.

Criminal Justice Policy Research:

Cohen, Tova and Silver, Ian A. 2025 “Is it a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?: Examining How Parental and Youth Perceptions of Future System Involvement Predict Early Adulthood Criminal Involvement” Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102586

Silver, Ian A., Vaidya, Prarthana and Wooldredge, John 2025 “The Effects of Youth Incarceration in Adult Institutions on Future Incarceration” Journal of Criminal Justice, 98, 102426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102426. (Pre-Print; Corrigendum; Corrigendum Materials; Published Corrigendum)

Grodensky, Catherine A., Silver, Ian A., and DeMichele, Matthew. 2025 “How much does criminal history contribute to group differences in arraignment outcomes?” Journal of Criminal Justice. 96, 102352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102352.

Inkpen, Christopher, Silver, Ian A., Bechtel, Kristin, and DeMichele, Matthew. 2024. “Examining the Patterns of Pretrial Rearrest in a Large Southeastern County” Federal Probation. 88, 43-50. https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/88_2_6.pdf

Silver, Ian A., DeMichele, Matthew, Bechtel, Kristin, and Lattimore, Pamela, K. 2024. “The Potential Effects of Combining Pretrial Supervision Conditions.” Federal Probation. 88, 76-82. https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/88_2_9.pdf

DeMichele, Matthew, Inkpen, Christopher, Silver, Ian A., and Walker, Jason. 2024 “How long is long enough: Using abbreviated criminal histories for pretrial assessment instruments?” Justice Quarterly, 41, 1032-1057. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2024.2422834. (Pre-Print)

DeMichele, Matthew, Silver, Ian A., and Labrecque, Ryan M. 2024 “Locked up and awaiting trial: A natural experiment testing the criminogenic and punitive effects of spending a week or more in pretrial detention” Criminology & Public Policy. 24, 99-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12685. (Pre-Print)

Kelsay, James D., Silver, Ian, A., Davis, Jaya, D., & Rollins, Brook. 2024 “A Birds Eye View of Crime: Assessing the Effectiveness of Mobile Watchtowers on Vehicle Related Thefts.” Journal of Experimental Criminology. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-024-09637-6

Silver, Ian A., Walker, Jason, DeMichele, Matthew, Dole, Jenna, and Labrecque, Ryan M. 2024. “Does pretrial detention influence time until re-involvement with the criminal legal system?” Journal of Criminal Justice. 94, 102234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102234. (Pre-Print)

Labrecque, Ryan M., DeMichele, Matthew, Walker, Jason, and Silver, Ian A. 2024 “Sensible pretrial reform: The importance of accounting for risk of violence in judicial release decisions.” Crime and Delinquency. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287241231741.

DeMichele, Matthew, Silver, Ian A., Labrecque, Ryan M, Lattimore, Pamela, Dawes, Debbie, and Tueller, Stephen. 2024 “Testing Predictive Biases at the Intersection of Race-Ethnicity and Sex: A Multi-Site Evaluation of a Pretrial Risk assessment Tool.” 51(6), 850-875. Criminal Justice and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548241233934. (Pre-Print)

Silver, Ian A., D’Amato, Christopher, Newsome, Jamie, Johnson, Shelly, and Rubenstein, Batya. 2023. “Forecasting the potential effects of programming combinations for justice-involved youths.” Journal of Criminal Justice. 88, 102093, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102093. (Post-Print Publication)

Silver, Ian A., D’Amato, Christopher, and Wooldredge, John. 2023 “Exacerbating inequality over the life-course: Examining race differences in the reciprocal effects between incarceration and income.” Social Forces, soad113, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soad113. (Post-Print Publication; Methodological Appendix; Supplemental Materials; R-Script)

Silver, Ian A., Semenza, Daniel C., and D’Amato, Christopher. 2023 “The Influence of Parental Incarceration on Within-Individual Changes in Criminal Justice Involvement across Key Developmental Stages.” Journal of Developmental and Life Course Criminology. 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-023-00237-y (Supplemental Materials; Manuscript Files; Post-Print Publication).

Kilmer, Ashley, Abdel-Salam, Sami, and Silver, Ian A. 2023 “The uniform’s in the way”: Navigating the tension between security and therapeutic roles in a rehabilitation-focused prison in Norway. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 50(4), 521–540. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548221143536

Silver, Ian A., Lonergan, Holly, and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2022 “On the selection of variables in criminology: Adjusting for the descendants of unobserved confounders.” Journal of Criminal Justice. 81, 101924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101924 (Primary R-script; Supplemental R-script; Supplemental Materials)

D’Amato, Christopher, Silver, Ian A., Wooldredge, John, and Newsome, Jamie. 2021 “The timing of prison sanctions and the odds of returning to prison after release.” Crime and Delinquency. 68(6–7), 975–1003. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211054719

Silver, Ian A. and Kelsay, James D. 2021 “The moderating effects of population characteristics: A potential biasing factor when employing non-random samples to conduct experimental research.” Journal of Experimental Criminology. 19, 107–118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-021-09478-7 (R-Code; Simulation 2 Data)

Altikriti, Sultan., Nedelec, Joseph L., and Silver, Ian A. 2021 “The role of arrest risk perception formation in the association between psychopathy and aggressive offending.” Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 19(4), 402–422. https://doi.org/10.1177/15412040211029991.

Linning, Shannon J., Silver, Ian A., and Papp, Jordan R. 2021 “Exploring the Correspondence Between General Correctional Programming and Inmate Misconduct Using a Time-Course Framework.” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 66(2-3), 209-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X21990811.

Silver, Ian A., Wooldredge, John., Sullivan, Christopher J., and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2021. “Longitudinal propensity score matching: A demonstration of counterfactual conditions adjusted for longitudinal clustering.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 37, 267-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-020-09455-9. (R-code)

D’Amato, Christopher, Silver, Ian A., and Newsome, Jamie. 2021 “The effects of social disorganization mechanisms: Examining the influence of community-level factors on recidivism across various correctional sanctions.” Criminal Justice and Behavior. 48, 1072-1090. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820969745

Silver, Ian A., Cochran, Joshua C., Motz, Ryan., and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2020. “Academic Achievement and the Implications for Prison Program Effectiveness and Reentry.” Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47, 848-866. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820919790.

Silver, Ian A., Nedelec, Joseph L, and Pompoco, Amanda. 2020. “Specific responsivity: An assessment of the effect of verbal and math cognitive abilities on the completion of prison programs.” Corrections: Policy, Practice, Research, 5, 130-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2018.1433086.

Silver, Ian A. 2019. “Linear and non-linear: A exploration of the variation in the functional form of IQ and antisocial behavior as adolescents age into adulthood.” Intelligence. 76, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2019.101375.

Silver, Ian A., Pompoco, Amanda, and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2019. “A failure to maintain regulated exposure: Developing an understanding of the predictors and recidivistic effects of experiencing program interruptions.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 58, 398-420. https://doi/full/10.1080/10509674.2019.1615599.

Silver, Ian A., and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2018. “Cognitive abilities and antisocial behavior in prison: A longitudinal assessment using a large state-wide sample of prisoners.” Intelligence, 71, 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.09.004.

Silver, Ian A., and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2018. “Ensnarement during imprisonment: Re-conceptualizing theoretically driven policies to address the association between within-prison sanctioning and recidivism.” Criminology & Public Policy, 17, 1005-1035. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12397. (Post-Print Publication)

Nedelec, Joseph L. and Silver, Ian A. 2018. “Challenging assumptions: A genetically sensitive examination of the criminogenic effect of contact with the criminal justice system.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 35, 69-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043986218810599.

Silver, Ian A., and Nedelec, Joseph L. 2018. “The moderating effects of intelligence: An examination of how IQ influences the association between environmental factors and antisocial behavior.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 54, 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.12.001.

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