Mass Probation: Effects of Sentencing Severity on Mental Health for Black and White Individuals.
Katherine H LeMastersRachael K RossJessie K EdwardsHedwig LeeWhitney R RobinsonLauren Brinkley-RubinsteinPaul DelamaterBrian W PencePublished in: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) (2023)
Among those with criminal-legal encounters, hypothetical interventions to reduce sentencing, including incremental sentencing reductions, were not associated with improved mental health. Future work should consider the effects of preventing individuals' first criminal-legal encounter.