Racial disparities in the criminal justice system are well documented and widespread. The
present review examines racial disparities in three areas of the system: policing, prison …

The unprecedented growth of the penal system in the United States has motivated an
expansive volume of research on the collateral consequences of punishment. In this review …

Research Summary We analyzed 990 police fatal shootings using data compiled by The
Washington Post in 2015. After first providing a basic descriptive analysis of these shootings …

A growing literature documents deleterious consequences of incarceration for mental health.
Although salient, incarceration is only one form of criminal justice contact and, accordingly …

The steep rise in US criminal punishment in recent decades has spurred scholarship on the
collateral consequences of imprisonment for individuals, families, and communities. Several …

There is a large body of evidence revealing that minorities—in particular, Black citizens—are
overrepresented in the criminal justice system. But the causes of these inequalities have …

This article advances the concept of racialized legal status (RLS) as an overlooked
dimension of social stratification with implications for racial/ethnic health disparities. We …

Ample experimental evidence shows that the stigma of a prison record reduces employment
opportunities (Pager, 2007). Yet background checks today uncover a much broader range of …

For 20 years, the theory of emerging adulthood has shaped how we think about the third
decade of life. In honor of that I would like to revisit the distinct features of emerging …

Psychiatric and behavior problems are common among children and young adults, and
many go without care or only receive treatment in carceral settings. We examined racial and …