2023
COVID-19 amplified racial disparities in the US criminal legal system
Klein B, Ogbunugafor C, Schafer B, Bhadricha Z, Kori P, Sheldon J, Kaza N, Sharma A, Wang E, Eliassi-Rad T, Scarpino S, Hinton E. COVID-19 amplified racial disparities in the US criminal legal system. Nature 2023, 617: 344-350. PMID: 37076624, PMCID: PMC10172107, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05980-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal legal systemLegal systemPrison populationRacial inequalityUS prison populationRacial disparitiesAverage sentence lengthWhite peopleDistrict of ColumbiaPrisoner demographicsPrison systemIncarcerated peopleIncarceration ratesUS prisonsMass incarcerationSentence lengthPrisonRacial compositionIncarcerationLatino peopleSocial sciencesCOVID-19InequalityDisparitiesPeopleNeighborhood Incarceration Rates and Adverse Birth Outcomes in New York City, 2010-2014
Holaday L, Tolliver D, Moore T, Thompson K, Wang E. Neighborhood Incarceration Rates and Adverse Birth Outcomes in New York City, 2010-2014. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e236173. PMID: 37000451, PMCID: PMC10066462, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.6173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher incidence rate ratioIncidence rate ratiosAdverse birth outcomesLow birth weightPreterm birthBirth outcomesBirth weightRacial disparitiesHigh rateVery preterm birthCross-sectional studyPercentage of birthsSubstantial racial disparitiesSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeBlack raceMultivariable modelNeighborhood disadvantageNew York City DepartmentMAIN OUTCOMECensus tractsMaternal factorsPoisson regressionUS census tractsRate ratio
2014
High Incarceration Rates Among Black Men Enrolled In Clinical Studies May Compromise Ability To Identify Disparities
Wang EA, Aminawung JA, Wildeman C, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. High Incarceration Rates Among Black Men Enrolled In Clinical Studies May Compromise Ability To Identify Disparities. Health Affairs 2014, 33: 848-855. PMID: 24799583, PMCID: PMC4065793, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical studiesHealth outcomesBlack menProspective clinical studyObservational clinical researchBlood InstituteNational HeartClinical researchWhite womenRacial disparitiesWhite menMinimal riskMenBlack womenHigh rateJail inmatesMinority populationsWomenOutcomesEffects of incarcerationImpact of incarcerationHigh incarceration ratesIncarcerationLungFollow