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Elevated risk of incarceration among street-involved youth who initiate drug dealing

Harm Reduction Journal, 2016
Background Street-involved youth are known to be an economically vulnerable population that commonly resorts to risky activities such as drug dealing to generate income. While incarceration is common among people who use illicit drugs and associated with
Carly Hoy, Brittany Barker, Jackie Regan, Huiru Dong, Lindsey Richardson, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck   +6 more
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Examining the Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Young Australians’ School‐Level Education

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian policy and practice increasingly acknowledges the need to respond to children as victim‐survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV) in their own right. As part of this, and in recognition that schools often have the most consistent contact with young people experiencing DFV, there is mounting recognition of the role education ...
Rebecca Stewart, Kate Fitz‐Gibbon, Steven Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immigration and African-American Employment Opportunities: The Response of Wages, Employment, and Incarceration to Labor Supply Shocks [PDF]

The employment rate of black men, and particularly of low-skill black men, fell precipitously from 1960 to 2000. At the same time, the incarceration rate of black men rose markedly. This paper examines the relation between immigration and these trends in
George J. Borjas, Gordon H. Hanson, Jeffrey Grogger   +2 more
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Understanding Youth Assaults of Police Officers in Australia: A Power Threat Meaning Framework Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas, Kelly Hine, Catherine Creamer, Kelley Burton, Katelyn Davenport‐Klunder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass incarceration and public health: the association between black jail incarceration and adverse birth outcomes among black women in Louisiana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background A growing body of evidence is beginning to highlight how mass incarceration shapes inequalities in population health. Non-Hispanic blacks are disproportionately affected by incarceration and criminal law enforcement, an enduring legacy of a ...
Lauren Dyer, Rachel Hardeman, Dovile Vilda, Katherine Theall, Maeve Wallace   +4 more
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The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer [PDF]

, 2017
Despite its widespread use, research shows that the effect of incarceration as a deterrent to crime is minimal at best, and has been diminishing for several years.
Don Stemen
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Identifying incarceration status in the electronic health record using large language models in emergency department settings

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Background: Incarceration is a significant social determinant of health, contributing to high morbidity, mortality, and racialized health inequities.
Thomas Huang, Vimig Socrates, Aidan Gilson, Conrad Safranek, Ling Chi, Emily A. Wang, Lisa B. Puglisi, Cynthia Brandt, R. Andrew Taylor, Karen Wang   +9 more
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Native Disparities in Youth Incarceration [PDF]

, 2017
Native youth were three times as likely to be incarcerated as white youth, according to data collected in October 2015 by the Department of Justice and recently released.

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