Your First Five Crime Studies of February 13
Today's crime studies include work on disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice system
I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.
Your First Five is a daily (M-F) series that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post contains links to new studies that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime. Published each weekday at about 7 a.m., E.S.T.
These new criminology and criminal justice studies were published recently by journals I monitor.
1. ‘Took my money, called me a guy, and made me sleep in jail overnight’: police procedural failings when interacting with trans folx, published in Policing and Society. (Restricted access)
2. Investigating the Impact of Prior Criminal Justice Contact on Labor Market Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Propensity Score Analysis, published in Crime & Delinquency. (Restricted access)
3. Intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice and forensic mental health systems: Using data to tell the story, published in Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. (Open access)
4. Juvenile Offending Among Maltreated Youth: Assessing Type-Specificity and Offense Specialization in the Cycle of Violence, published in Crime & Delinquency. (Open access)
5. Criterion A and Non-Criterion A Racial Discrimination Experiences, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Posttraumatic Cognitions Among Black or African Americans, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted access)
I might cover some of these studies further in Understanding Crime. If one sounds interesting or important, let me know in the comments.
Right now, I'm considering number 1. Here's why:
While these interactions can be rooted in a difference between the person in front of the officer and the picture, name, and gender marker on identifying documents, police have a duty to use facts (proper name and pronouns) to facilitate respectful interactions. This article seeks to explore this dynamic between officers who fail to identify trans folx properly as a policy and procedural issue, use participant narratives, as well as provide substantive considerations for training and policy recommendations.