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Bail reform is often blamed for spikes in gun violence. A new study on one of the first states to adopt the policy doesn't support that narrative.
The paper, Evaluating Firearm Violence After New Jersey’s Cash Bail Reform, was covered in this New York Times (NYT) article. Subscription required.
New Jersey’s 2017 cash bail reform law , which eliminated financial barriers to avoiding pretrial detention, successfully reduced the state’s jail population without increasing gun violence.
Pandemic-era expansions to the Child Tax Credit (CTC)—one of the largest income transfer programs in the U.S.—was associated with improved child behavioral health, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Grantees Rita Hamad and Guangyi Wang's paper, "The 2021 Child Tax Credit and Children's Health and Well-Being: Evidence From a Nationa
Included are a list of resources on end-of-life planning, advance healthcare plans, palliative care, hospice care, end-of-life decisions, financial planning, and much more.
Indirect effects models revealed different patterns across the 3 studies evaluated. Such heterogeneity of the exact same treatment across different samples and populations highlights the need to qualify broad claims of generalizability of seemingly well-established narrative mechanisms.
Implementation of Non-Armed First Responder Programs; Optimization by Centering Program Perspectives
Factors such as structural racism and disinvestment in community mental health and social services have resulted in harmful interactions between law enforcement and individuals experiencing mental health crises.
Storytelling can be a powerful tool to increase support for policies; but, depending on the audience, it can also have the opposite effect.
The event, organized by the Boston College School of Social Work Racism-based Violence Injury and Prevention Lab, features a lecture on measuring exposure and consequences to racism-based police violence for Black and Latinx emerging adults, followed by a panel discussion on best practices for wo
New Jersey’s 2017 cash bail reform law — which eliminated financial barriers to avoiding pretrial detention — successfully reduced the state’s jail population without increasing gun violence, according to a study published this month in JAMA Network Open from researchers at Drexel University’s Do
With significant risks of colorectal cancer affecting the African American community, researchers in the UNMC College of Public Health are undertaking a study that will get screening kits out into the community.