Postincarceration policies and prisoner reentry: Implications for policies and programs aimed at reducing recidivism and poverty

Hall, Taylor; Wooten, Nikki R.; Lundgren, Lena

doi:10.1080/10875549.2015.1094761

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“…Miller and Stuart (2017) argue that the combination of stigma toward felons and legal collateral consequences fundamentally transforms returning citizens’ relationship with not just the state, but also their relationships with the family, friends, and private employers who must navigate the risks associated with their legal status. All told, collateral consequences exacerbate ex-offenders’ social marginality and impede their ability to successfully rejoin the community as law-abiding citizens (Alexander, 2012; Ewald and Uggen, 2012; Hall et al., 2016; Middlemass, 2017; Whittle, 2018).…”

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Public opinion and the politics of collateral consequence policies

Johnston

Wozniak

2020

Punishment & Society

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We analyze data from a national sample of the U.S. population to assess public support for policies that deny former offenders’ access to job training programs, food stamps, and public housing. We find that Americans generally oppose benefit restrictions, though support for these policies is higher among Republicans and people with higher levels of racial resentment. We also find that a legislator’s criminal justice reform positions generally do not significantly affect voters’ evaluation of him or her, and even voters with more punitive attitudes toward collateral consequence policies support legislators who advance particular kinds of reform proposals. These findings provide little evidence that any group of Americans would be mobilized to vote against a legislator who works to reform collateral consequence policies. We discuss the implications of these findings for American and comparative studies of the politics of punishment.

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Public opinion and the politics of collateral consequence policies

Johnston

Wozniak

2020

Punishment & Society

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“…It may also suggest unique strategies are needed to reduce arrest-associated suicide attempts in different racial/ethnic groups. For instance, we anticipate that programs and policies to reduce arrest among Black men, such as less aggressive and discriminatory policing and greater public investment in black communities [43,44], might have specific benefit, given the high prevalence of arrest in this demographic. Programs and policies to mitigate the association between arrest and suicide, such as enhanced police training around response to behavioral crises, may have a greater impact for White men.…”

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Arrest and non-fatal suicide attempts among men: analysis of survey data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

2021

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Background Studies have found an association between recent arrest and suicide attempts, but the population-level significance of this link has not been reported. We estimated the population attributable risk percent (PAR%) of self-reported non-fatal suicide attempts based on recent arrest in a national sample of adult men. Methods This study included men aged ≥18 who completed the 2008–2019 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. The outcome measure was any non-fatal suicide attempts in the past year. The primary independent variable was any arrest in the past year. Major depression and substance use disorders were also included as independent variables for comparison. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression with postestimation marginal effects ascertained the PAR% of non-fatal suicide attempts for arrest, major depression, and substance use disorders, while controlling for sociodemographic covariates. All analyses applied survey weights. We disaggregated analyses by race/ethnicity. Results In the sample of 220,261 men, arrest accounted for 8.9% (99% CI 5.1 to 12.6%, p < 0.001) of non-fatal suicide attempts, while major depression accounted for 40.3% (99% CI 35.0 to 45.1%. p < 0.001) and substance use disorders for 24.1% (99% CI 17.6 to 30.2%, p < 0.001). After disaggregating by race/ethnicity, arrest accounted for 9.5% (99% CI 4.5 to 14.3%, p < 0.001) of suicide attempts among Non-Hispanic White men and fell short of statistical significance for Non-Hispanic Black men (10.2, 99% CI − 3.0 to 21.6%, p = 0.043) and Hispanic men (8.1, 99% CI − 0.5 to 15.9%, p = 0.016). Conclusions Arrest accounted for nearly one in eleven non-fatal suicide attempts in a national sample of American men, which is by extension about 50,000 suicide attempts per year. Results were similar for Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic men, although there were differences in prevalence of arrest and suicide attempts. Unlike major depression, arrest is an easily identifiable event, and the period after arrest might provide an opportunity to support mental health and coping.

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“…Decades of research has documented that people who are likely to become incarcerated in the United States are disproportionately burdened by challenges such as mental and physical disease or disorder and poverty. 4,[15][16][17][18][19] Incarceration only further compounds these difficulties-for example, by making it even harder to find housing and employment. 17,20 Therefore, investigators who, in their research, include or focus on people who are incarcerated are highly likely to interact with participants who have a great need for connection to health and social resources.…”

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Conducting Health Research in Carceral Systems: Considerations and Recommendations

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Although the number of people incarcerated in the United States has grown dramatically, research on how incarceration affects individuals and the communities they return to has lagged behind. This may be because of the unique challenges of doing research within carceral systems and the relatively small number of investigators who are competent to undertake these efforts. We provide a primer for investigators with limited experience conducting research in carceral settings and highlight considerations and recommendations that may aid those conducting health research with incarcerated persons. We follow this with an illustrative case example exemplifying how the considerations apply to recent health research that our team conducted on mental illness prevalence in a large regional jail. Understanding how to effectively conduct research with criminal justice populations and systems is the first step in beginning to understand the effects of mass incarceration as a driver of health disparities and health inequity.

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Postincarceration policies and prisoner reentry: Implications for policies and programs aimed at reducing recidivism and poverty

Cited by 15 publications

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Public opinion and the politics of collateral consequence policies

Public opinion and the politics of collateral consequence policies

Arrest and non-fatal suicide attempts among men: analysis of survey data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Conducting Health Research in Carceral Systems: Considerations and Recommendations

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