education

Research Brief: Criminal Legal System Involvement During Childhood and Functional Limitations in Early Adulthood

Article: Silver, Ian A., Semenza, Daniel C., and Testa, Alexander. 2026 “Pediatric Criminal Legal System Involvement and Functional Limitations in Early Adulthood.” Academic Pediatrics. 103241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2026.103241. 1. Background (PDF) Contact with the criminal legal system (CLS) during childhood can have lasting impacts on health and well-being. While more than 400,000 children were arrested in 2020,Continue reading “Research Brief: Criminal Legal System Involvement During Childhood and Functional Limitations in Early Adulthood”

Research Brief: Longitudinal Propensity Score Matching-A Demonstration of Counterfactual Conditions Adjusted for Longitudinal Clustering

Article: Silver, I. A., Wooldredge, J., Sullivan, C. J., & Nedelec, J. 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. 1. Background (PDF) Evaluations of programs, policies, or practices implemented by criminal legal system agencies often rely on quasi-experimental designs toContinue reading “Research Brief: Longitudinal Propensity Score Matching-A Demonstration of Counterfactual Conditions Adjusted for Longitudinal Clustering”

Research Brief: Reducing school crime events and status offense complaints: Additional evidence for School Justice Partnerships

Article: 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-025-09680-x 1. Background (PDF & Article) Existing literature has largely illustrated that the overuse of exclusionary disciplinary actions in schools – e.g., suspension, expulsion, and referrals toContinue reading “Research Brief: Reducing school crime events and status offense complaints: Additional evidence for School Justice Partnerships”

Research Brief: Juvenile Incarceration in Adult Facilities and Adolescent Childrearing

Full Article: Silver, I. A., Brookstein, A. J., & D’Amato, C. (2023). Juvenile incarceration in an adult correctional facility as a risk factor for adolescent childrearing?. Journal of Adolescence, 95(1), 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12096 1. Background (PDF and Publication) Adolescent childrearing remains a public health and social concern in the United States due to its association withContinue reading “Research Brief: Juvenile Incarceration in Adult Facilities and Adolescent Childrearing”

Research Brief: Exploring the Effects of School Justice Partnerships on Referrals to the Juvenile Justice System and School Exclusionary Discipline

PDF and Published Article BackgroundSchool Justice Partnerships are an agreement between court officials, school officials, and law enforcement officials to implement a graduated approach for responding to school-based misconduct in an effort to reduce referrals to the juvenile justice system, suspensions, and expulsions. County officials in the State of North Carolina have embraced School JusticeContinue reading “Research Brief: Exploring the Effects of School Justice Partnerships on Referrals to the Juvenile Justice System and School Exclusionary Discipline”