Ian A. Silver
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Ian A. Silver
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Quantitative and Public Health Criminologist at RTI interested in Youth Justice, Corrections, Pretrial, Criminal Justice Policy, and Applied Statistics. All opinions are my own. Personal Website: www.ianasilver.com.
This is not counting some unpublished works, which have experienced upwards 6-7 rejections from journals. Impactful research might not always be published in the first submission. Some of my most-cited articles were rejected 1-2 times times before being accepted for publication.
April 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Our results indicate that being arrested, incarcerated in a facility for juveniles, or incarcerated in a facility for adults as a minor may be linked to reduced access to medical insurance and medical care during adulthood.
January 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
They do! And we are currently working on a follow up paper examining the impact on school based complaints as well!
January 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This year has been extremely busy, but these findings have important policy implications that could potentially reform the criminal justice system for the better. Happy New Year!
December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Corrections:

1) Incarceration differentially impacts income across racial groups, suggesting that involvement with the system might exacerbate income inequality in the United States (doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...).
Exacerbating inequality over the life-course: examining race differences in the reciprocal effects between incarceration and income
Abstract. Relative to Whites, Blacks face lower odds of gaining employment with notable wages while also facing longer terms of incarceration when sent to
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December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
3) Not all combinations of pretrial supervision conditions are equal. Some of which could reduce the likelihood of recidivism, while some could increase the likelihood of recidivism (to be published in Federal Probation).
December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
2) The predictive validity of the Public Safety Assessment appears to remain similar when using abbreviated criminal histories (< 5 years), suggesting that lifetime criminal history items might not be beneficial for prediction (doi.org/10.1080/0741...).
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December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Pretrial:

1) Time spent in pretrial detention appears to influence the likelihood and time until an individual becomes reinvolved with the system, as well as the likelihood of experiencing a failure to appear or conviction (doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... & doi.org/10.1111/1745...).
Redirecting
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December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
4) School Justice Partnerships (SJPs) show promising effects for reducing referrals to the juvenile justice system, but might not have the intended impact on over usage of exclusionary disciplinary actions (doi.org/10.1007/s112...).
Can we Break the School to Prison Pipeline through Partnerships? A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Effects of School Justice Partnerships - Journal of Experimental Criminology
Objectives The over usage of exclusionary discipline to address school-based behaviors remains a substantive concern given the linkage between school discipline (e.g., suspensions, expulsions, and ref...
doi.org
December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
3) Incarcerating youth in adult facilities appears to increase mental health symptoms in early adulthood (doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...).
Redirecting
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December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
2) Incarcerating youth in adult facilities appears to reduce employment and earnings during adulthood and differentially impact Black individuals (to be published in the British Journal of Criminology).
December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM