The Effect of Public Health Insurance on Criminal Recidivism

Access to substance use disorder treatment during COVID-19: Implications from reduced local jail populations

“…Prior work suggests that health coverage is an effective tool in reducing crime through access to SUD treatment (Wen, Hockenberry and Cummings, 2017). Consistently with this literature, Aslim et al (2019) provide both theoretical and empirical support that access to SUD treatment is a potential channel through which Medicaid reduces the likelihood of recidivism. Therefore, limitations in accessing substance use treatment is likely to contribute to higher crime rates.…”

“…A large proportion of individuals who would be incarcerated but for these new policies are likely to have substance use disorders (SUDs) (Belenko and Peugh, 2005;Mumola and Karberg, 2006). Failing to provide medical care for these individuals carries exceptionally large social costs (Wakeman, McKinney and Rich, 2009) partly due to the harms that may come about from criminal propensities of a sub-set of individuals within this group, which could substantially be mitigated through appropriate medical care (Aslim, Mungan, Navarro, and Yu, 2019;He and Barkowski, 2020;Vogler, 2020). Moreover, because the spread of COVID-19 exacerbates existing barriers and expected costs to receiving conventional SUD treatments, 1 there is an important risk that many of these individuals will not receive the SUD treatments they need.…”

The Dependent Coverage Mandate Took a Bite Out of Crime

“…These studies estimate cost savings from reduced crime due to the Medicaid expansions between $10.5 billion and $12.9 billion a year. Along the dimension of violent criminal recidivism, Aslim et al (2019) find that the ACA Medicaid expansions reduced the likelihood that a multiple re-offender returned to prison within one year of release by 40 percent.…”

“…Recent studies have found that Medicaid expansions are associated with a substantial reduction in crime (Wen et al 2017;Vogler 2018;Aslim et al 2019;He and Barkowski 2020).…”

Covid-19 Salgını Sürecinde Alkol ve Madde Bağımlılarının Kullanım ve Tedavi Deneyimleri

“…Bireyler madde kullanım alışkanlıklarını devam ettirebilmek için finansal kaynağa ulaşabilmek adına yasal olmayan yollara başvurarak suç teşkil edecek davranışlara yönelmektedir (15). Nitekim pandeminin getirdiği kısıtlamalar da madde kullanımına erişimde daha zorlu bir süreci beraberinde getirerek bu hasta grupları için suç oranlarına katkıda bulunma potansiyeli taşımaktadır (16). Benzer şekilde Ayas'ın yaptığı çalışmada karantina ve sosyal izolasyon önlemleri süresince diğer suç oranlarında azalış gözlenirken uyuşturucu ve uyarıcı madde suç oranlarında önemli bir artış yaşandığı saptanmıştır (17).…”