Studies of Incarcerated Women, Perinatal Women Yield Insights that Can Inform Treatment Exposure to trauma is associated with many negative outcomes, especially for at-risk populations like incarcerated women and perinatal women. The Trauma History Questionnaire (THQ) is a common measure of exposure to trauma, but no published studies have validated the instrument with these two […]
Policing is a profession that features shift work and long hours, both of which can lead to insufficient sleep and fatigue. Because of the unique demands of the job, fatigue raises risks related to decision making, impulse control, driving, and other aspects of work. In a new study, researchers tested the effect of a fatigue-management […]
6/28/24 – thehill.com Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has placed himself at the center of the fiercely partisan debate over gun control with his declaration this week that firearm violence in the U.S. is a public health crisis.
6/28/24 – stateline.org Criminologists caution that the story may be different in individual cities and neighborhoods.
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View the first briefing in the new series Foundations for Justice: Research to Enhance Public Safety, which took place on May 21 at 1:30 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oVpLqfy7g
Children’s Well-Being, Families’ Material Hardship, Social Support Affected Criminal legal system contact has emerged as a key event for understanding family life, childhood well-being, and patterns of inequality. Scholars have found many problems for families that are linked to mass criminalization and effects tend to be concentrated among the most marginalized segments of society. But […]
5/9/24 – usatoday.com Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s New York hush money trial, threatened jail time after ruling Trump violated a gag order 10 times by commenting on potential witnesses and jurors.
5/9/24 – baltimoresun.com The exchange through a Ring doorbell was brief, and the door never opened.
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