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View article: ‘Compassionate’ Control: Social Work and the Rise of Carceral Feminism in Progressive Era Police Reform
‘Compassionate’ Control: Social Work and the Rise of Carceral Feminism in Progressive Era Police Reform Open
The contemporary Defund the Police movement has renewed interest in social work’s role in public safety, leading some to call for increased police–social work collaborations. However, claims regarding the potential virtues and pitfalls of …
View article: There Goes the Neighborhood? The Public Safety Enhancing Effects of a Mobile Harm Reduction Intervention
There Goes the Neighborhood? The Public Safety Enhancing Effects of a Mobile Harm Reduction Intervention Open
Aims To estimate the impact of mobile clinics providing medication for opioid use disorders on neighborhood arrest rates. Design A quasi-experimental difference-in-differences estimation. Setting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Participants Cens…
View article: Incremental Propensity Score Effects for Criminology: An Application Assessing the Relationship Between Homelessness, Behavioral Health Problems, and Recidivism
Incremental Propensity Score Effects for Criminology: An Application Assessing the Relationship Between Homelessness, Behavioral Health Problems, and Recidivism Open
This study examines the relationship between homelessness and recidivism among people on probation with and without behavioral health problems. The study also illustrates a new way to summarize the effect of an exposure on an outcome, the …
View article: Risk Factors for Criminal Recidivism Among Persons With Serious Psychiatric Diagnoses: Disentangling What Matters for Whom
Risk Factors for Criminal Recidivism Among Persons With Serious Psychiatric Diagnoses: Disentangling What Matters for Whom Open
Reducing criminal legal system involvement requires an understanding of the factors that promote repeat offending (i. e., recidivism), and the dissemination of relevant interventions to those most likely to benefit. A growing body of resea…