Lightning Talk: 2026 Division of Health and Disability Criminology (DHDC) Lightning Talks Panel

Session Submission Type: Lightning Talk Session

Abstract/Description

The following 4 lightning talks, sponsored by the Division of Health and Disability Criminology (DHDC), examine different facets of health and disability across the criminal justice system. Specifically, lightning talks will discuss the development of research studies focused on the following: the prevalance and post-release outcomes of traumatic brain injury in a recently incarcerated sample, an introduction to a new dataset from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) identifying COVID-19 infections among staff and incarcerated persons between 2020 and 2021, the vistiation rights and positive outcomes associated with parent-child visitation among incarcerated people with disabilities, and the variation and adoption of recently introduced drug-induced homicide laws from 2018 to 2024.

Organized by

Division of Health and Disability Criminology (DHDC).

* if possible, can this lightning talk be in a back-to-back session (same room) with the Division of Developmental and Life Course Criminology (DLC) lightning talks? Their submitter should be asking for the same setup. Thank you!

Sub Unit

• Area XIII. Lightning Talk Sessions

Individual Presentations

• Examining Traumatic Brain Injury Prevalence Rates and Post-Release Outcomes in a Recently Incarcerated Sample - Chantal Fahmy, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Emily Stefhon, University of North Dakota; Katherine Kelton, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine; Alexander Testa, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Travis J. Meyers, RTI International

• COVID-19 Infections Among Staff and Incarcerated Persons in the Federal Bureau of Prisons: An Introduction to a New Publicly Available Dataset - Danielle Wallace, Arizona State University; John Eason, Brown University

• Exploring Parent–Child Visitation Among Incarcerated People with Disabilities - Gabriel Alvarez, University of California, Irvine

• Exploring Variation in Recently Adopted Drug-Induced Homicide Laws (2018 – 2024) - Codey Carr, University of Maryland, College Park

• Tracing the Pipeline: Research on the Pathways of Youth with Disabilities into the Juvenile Justice System - Lin Liu, Temple University

Chair

• Dara Doane, University of Maryland, College Park