Health Criminology: Pretrial Health

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This panel centers the topics of health and the pretrial stage of the criminal legal system. Scholars have demonstrated that incarceration and policing have important and widespread health impacts, but little has been studied about the unique and specific relationship between health criminology and pretrial. Because this stage of the legal system deals largely with the court system, the relationship between health and pretrial experiences may differ from the relationship between other forms of criminal legal contact and health. In this panel, we explore how aspects of pretrial release (such as pending charges, supervision and monitoring, and mandatory and voluntary treatments) relate to health outcomes and healthcare access for people charged with crimes, and conversely how perceptions of one’s health can influence how pretrial supervision is assigned. Overall, this panel contributes new information about how health functions for people with pending charges.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 43. Pretrial Justice

Individual Presentations

• Surveillance as a Social Determinant of Health: Understanding the Impact of Pending Charges on Health Outcomes - Erin Eife, George Mason University

• A Qualitative Exploration of Health and Community Stability Among Pretrial Defendants on Supervision - Evan Marie Lowder, George Mason University; Janani Umamaheswar, George Mason University; Peyton Frye, George Mason University; Sydney Ingel, George Mason University; Chelsea M.A. Foudray, George Mason University

• The Effects of Anxiety on Pretrial Punitiveness: A National Survey Experiment - Christopher Thomas, Rutgers University; Catherine M. Heitz, Rutgers University - Camden

• Reformist Interventions and Social Mobility - Gabriela Kirk-Werner, Syracuse University; Mary Ellen Stitt, University at Albany, SUNY; Caitlin Udas, University at Albany, SUNY

Discussant

• Meghan Novisky, Cleveland State University