Research Brief: Criminal Legal System Involvement Before Age 18 and Health Insurance Enrollment During Adulthood

Article: Silver, Ian A., Tosto, Samantha A., Newsome, Jamie, and McKay, Alicia d. 2026. “Adulthood Health Insurance Source for Previous Criminal Legal System Involved Pediatrics.” Health Services Research, 61:e70106. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.70106 1. Background (PDF) Individuals involved in the criminal legal system (CLS) before age 18 face wide-ranging collateral consequences upon reentry into the community. These includeContinue reading “Research Brief: Criminal Legal System Involvement Before Age 18 and Health Insurance Enrollment During Adulthood”

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: Within-Prison Sanctioning and Recidivism: Ensnarement During Imprisonment

Article: Silver, Ian A., & 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(4), 1005–1044. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12397 1. Background (PDF & Article) Over the last three decades, life-course criminology has deepened our understanding of criminal behavior, with various theories contributingContinue reading “Research Brief: Within-Prison Sanctioning and Recidivism: Ensnarement During Imprisonment”

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”