In 2017–2019, the March of Dimes convened a workgroup with biomedical, clinical, and
epidemiologic expertise to review knowledge of the causes of the persistent Black-White …

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 …

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of incarceration in the
United States more than quadrupled in the past four decades. The Committee on the …

We present new evidence on the evolution of black–white earnings differences among all
men, including both workers and nonworkers. We study two measures:(i) the level earnings …

Historically, laws and policies to criminalize drug use or possession were rooted in explicit
racism, and they continue to wreak havoc on certain racialized communities. We are a group …

The expansion of the penal system has been one of the most dramatic trends in
contemporary American society. A wealth of research has examined the impact of …

The degree and scope of criminal justice surveillance increased dramatically in the United
States over the past four decades. Recent qualitative research suggests the rise in …

Across varied disciplines, attempts have been made to capture the multidimensionality of
Black womanhood under a unifying framework illustrative of Black women's perceived roles …

An unrelenting prison boom, marked by stark racial disparities, pulled a disproportionate
number of young black men into prison in the last forty years. In Children of the Prison Boom …

Stress proliferation theory suggests that parental incarceration may have deleterious
intergenerational health consequences. In this study, I use data from the 2011–2012 …