Predictive algorithms are now commonly used to distribute society's resources and
sanctions. But these algorithms can entrench and exacerbate inequities. To guard against …

The rate of incarceration in the United States has increased at an alarming rate in the past
30 years and thus so has the number of children having a household member incarcerated …

Millions of Americans must attend mandatory court dates every year. To boost appearance
rates, jurisdictions nationwide are increasingly turning to automated reminders, but previous …

Intergenerational transmission processes have long been of interest to demographers, but
prior research on the intergenerational transmission of criminal justice contact is relatively …

We study the lifetime banning, as introduced by United States Public Law 104-193, of
individuals convicted of felony drug offenses after August 22, 1996 from ever receiving future …

Abstract In South Africa, a disparate coalition of law enforcement, human rights workers,
health officials, and activists claim that women don't know they have been raped. Claims of …

Student achievement is lower in communities with high incarceration rates. To investigate
this relationship, we assemble a new dataset which matches students' academic …

This research project aimed to explore the trajectory of suicide within one tribal nation, the
Sioux. The researcher attempted to identify risk factor significance, create new factors …

Millions of people in the US every year are required to attend mandatory court dates as their
cases proceed through the criminal legal system. Despite potentially severe consequences …