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Economic Competition and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing: A Test of Economic Threat Perspective

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
Economic threat arguments within the broader racial/ethnic threat theory suggest that economic competition between minorities and Whites encourages the majority group to apply formal social controls on minorities to maintain their advantaged positions ...
Christopher D’Amato   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost‐effectiveness analysis of public health interventions with impacts on health and criminal justice: An applied cross‐sectoral analysis of an alcohol misuse intervention [PDF]

open access: hybrid, 2021
Francesco Ramponi   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compared to what? Estimating the relative concentration of crime at places using systematic and other reviews

open access: yesCrime Science, 2017
Background That crime is concentrated at a few places is well established by over 44 studies. This is true whether one examines addresses or street segments. Additionally, crime is concentrated among offenders and victims.
John E. Eck   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mental health service use among Filipino American and Korean American young adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the heightened mental health challenges amid rising Anti‐Asian sentiment, Asian Americans have significantly underutilized mental health services, a trend that persisted even before the COVID‐19 pandemic. Although considerable efforts have been made to understand how various factors are related to mental health service use in this ...
Michael Park   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

What It Takes: Implementation and Expansion of a Quick Response Team

open access: yesJournal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Human Rights and Science
EN | Abstract: Quick Response Teams (QRTs) have proliferated across the United States in response to the opioid overdose crisis. One of the first county-wide QRTs in the nation, the Hamilton County, Ohio QRT (HC-QRT), has been heralded as a model QRT ...
Sarah M. Manchak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Street‐Level Drug Law Enforcement: A Meta‐Analytic Review

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, 2007
The fight against street‐level drug crime cannot be won by spending more resources on traditional, reactive style police work. Rather, partnerships between the police and other “third parties” should be applied, such that police work cooperatively with ...
Lorraine Mazerolle   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homelessness Service Usage Patterns of 30,000 Homeless and At‐Risk Households: The Melbourne Access Point Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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