Forecasting the Racial and Ethnic Impacts of ‘Race-Neutral’ Legislation through Researcher and Policymaker Partnerships

Chouhy, Cecilia; Swagar, Nic; Brancale, Julie; Noorman, Kaylee; Siennick, Sonja E.; Caswell, Jonathan; Bales, William D.; Pesta, George B.; Blomberg, Thomas G.

doi:10.1007/s12103-021-09619-8

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“…This univariate modeling strategy is based on the premise that outcomes of the past will be the best indicator of outcomes in the future. Criminologists have used this approach to forecast the size of racial/ethnic disparities under legislative bills (Chouhy et al, 2021). Schaffer et al (2021) offered a public health example, showing medication dispensing rates under an insurance program cutting out-of-pocket expenses and such rates if the program did not exist.…”

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Law Enforcement-Based Outreach and Treatment Referral as a Response to Opioid Misuse: Assessing Reductions in Overdoses and Costs

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To reduce opioid-involved overdoses, law enforcement agencies have taken proactive steps to connect people to treatment and supportive services. This study evaluates the impact of a law enforcement-based outreach and treatment referral program known as Hero Help on the incidence and costs of overdoses occurring in the jurisdiction of Delaware’s New Castle County Division of Police (NCCPD). It first compares observed and predicted fatal and nonfatal overdoses between 2013 and 2021. A time series analysis shows an average decrease of 7.25 nonfatal and 1.85 fatal overdoses per month since the program’s two expansions of its civilian care team. It then adapts Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and health care cost data to estimate the cost reductions of fewer overdoses. These metrics suggest Hero Help saved the community $21.5 million per month. Police departments can then reduce the incidence and economic burden of overdoses through outreach and referrals to treatment.

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Law Enforcement-Based Outreach and Treatment Referral as a Response to Opioid Misuse: Assessing Reductions in Overdoses and Costs

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“…Understanding the potential equity implications of criminal justice reforms should be a key consideration for policymakers and applied researchers alike. However, an explicit focus on reducing racial disparities is often excluded from the policymaking process, seen as a secondary concern to other policy goals, or framed in ways that focus on race-neutral processes rather than race-equitable outcomes (Chouhy et al, 2021 ; Donnelly, 2017 ). But this need not be the case; examinations of how elements of a given policy (e.g., goals, target population, eligibility criteria) and proposed changes to procedure or practice might impact different groups can be incorporated into policy design and evaluation.…”

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“…As one example, racial equity impact statements (REIS), a policy tool that incorporates an empirical analysis of the projected impacts of a change in law, policy, or practice on racial and ethnic groups (Porter, 2021), are used in some states. Modeled after the now-routine environmental impact and fiscal impact statements, racial impact statements may be conducted in advance of a hearing or vote on any proposed change to policy, or can even be incorporated in the policy formulation stages (Chouhy et al, 2021;Mauer, 2007). Researchers, analysts, and policymakers should also examine potential differential effects of existing policies and pay special attention to how structural inequalities intersect with policy features to contribute to-and potentially mitigate-disparate impacts of justice reforms (Anderson et al, 2022;Mooney et al, 2022).…”

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How to Think about Criminal Justice Reform: Conceptual and Practical Considerations

Kubrin

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2022

Am J Crim Just

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How can we improve the effectiveness of criminal justice reform efforts? Effective reform hinges on shared understandings of what the problem is and shared visions of what success looks like. But consensus is hard to come by, and there has long been a distinction between “policy talk” or how problems are defined and solutions are promoted, and “policy action” or the design and adoption of certain policies. In this essay, we seek to promote productive thinking and talking about, as well as designing of, effective and sustainable criminal justice reforms. To this end, we offer reflections on underlying conceptual and practical considerations relevant for both criminal justice policy talk and action.

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“…Effective RPPs require collaboration, communication, and trust between both researchers and policymakers/practitioners (Laub & Frisch, 2016). Scholars have also documented impediments or barriers to successful partnerships, such as research that is too difficult and nuanced for the agency to use, unsupportive agency leadership, ideology and politics, poor relationships, and fiscal and time constraints (Blomberg et al, 2016;Blumstein, 1997;Brancale et al, 2021;Chouhy et al, 2021;Latessa, 2004;Mears, 2013;Pesta et al, 2017;Petersilia, 2008;Tonry, 2010;Weiss, 1995).…”

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Criminal Justice Policy Reform Through Researcher–Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships

Noorman

Brancale

Blomberg

2021

Handbook of Issues in Criminal Justice Reform in the United States

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This chapter describes how researcher-practitioner/policymaker partnerships (RPPs) can effectively contribute to criminal justice policy reform. We begin by providing an overview of RPPs that have resulted in criminal justice system reforms. We then describe a unique partnership between researchers and a state legislature. The chronology of the initiation, implementation, and outcomes of the RPP with the legislature are included in our description as well as the lessons learned and implications for future RPPs. This chapter concludes with recommendations regarding how RPPs with legislatures and practitioners can contribute to more effective criminal justice reform. This chapter contributes to the literature on criminal justice policy reform by describing an RPP with a legislative organization, which has been notably absent in prior relevant literature. Importantly, RPPs with policymakers can contribute to criminal justice policy reform by providing policymakers with evidence-based options and likely outcomes of legislation. Specifically, through RPPs, researchers and policymakers can proactively assess the potential impacts of various policy options prior to the drafting of legislation.

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Forecasting the Racial and Ethnic Impacts of ‘Race-Neutral’ Legislation through Researcher and Policymaker Partnerships

Cited by 6 publications

References 47 publications

Law Enforcement-Based Outreach and Treatment Referral as a Response to Opioid Misuse: Assessing Reductions in Overdoses and Costs

Law Enforcement-Based Outreach and Treatment Referral as a Response to Opioid Misuse: Assessing Reductions in Overdoses and Costs

How to Think about Criminal Justice Reform: Conceptual and Practical Considerations

Criminal Justice Policy Reform Through Researcher–Practitioner/Policymaker Partnerships

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