Dates: 7/1/2022 - 12/31/2024
Funder: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (sub-award from Policy Research Associates)
Project Team: Gina Vincent, PhD (PI), Spencer G. Lawson (Co-I), Emma Narkewicz, MPA, Brenna Giordano, PhD (statistics consultant)

Description: This is a partnership with a network of researchers to examine the potential for different types of pretrial risk screening and assessment tools to reduce disparities in carceral decisions by race, and the presence of mental health or substance use concerns. The Law & Psychiatry Program is partnering with multiple juvenile justice and criminal-legal agencies to examine the impact of risk tool characteristics on system uptake and the presence or absence of instrument bias by race, mental health, and substance use concerns.

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