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DESCRIPTION:Atheendar Venkataramani (University of Pennsylvania) will prese
 nt "State Sentencing Policies and Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes\," 
 as part of the joint Center for Policy Research (CPR) and Center for Aging
  and Policy Studies (CAPS) seminar. Abstract:&nbsp\;U.S. states adopted a 
 number of tough on crime policies in the early 1990s\, including truth-in-
 sentencing and three strikes policies. While the impacts of these policies
  on crime and incarceration have been previously studied\, less is known a
 bout their impacts on health outcomes. These policies may influence health
  through myriad ways\, including through changes in community incarceratio
 n rates and crime rates or stigmatizion. In this study\, we use detailed b
 irth certificate data along with quasi-experimental research methods to ex
 amine the impacts of state truth-in-sentencing and three strikes policies 
 on birth outcomes by race. We find evidence of positive impacts of truth-i
 n-sentencing policies on gestational age among White and Black infants bor
 n to mothers with college or higher education\, with results for Black inf
 ants being less precise. For three strikes\, we find evidence of negative 
 impacts on birth weight for Black infants born to mothers with less than a
  college education. The findings highlight the heterogeneous nature of tou
 gh-on-crime policies and the varied mechanisms by which they might pattern
  health and racial health disparities.This will be a hybrid event. For mor
 e information\, please contact Alyssa Kirk or Karen Tavernese.
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SUMMARY:CPR-CAPS Joint Seminar: Atheendar Venkataramani
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Atheendar Venkataramani (University of Penn
 sylvania) will present "State Sentencing Policies and Racial Disparities i
 n Birth Outcomes\," as part of the joint Center for Policy Research (CPR) 
 and Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS) seminar. </p><p><strong>Abs
 tract:</strong>&nbsp\;U.S. states adopted a number of tough on crime polic
 ies in the early 1990s\, including truth-in-sentencing and three strikes p
 olicies. While the impacts of these policies on crime and incarceration ha
 ve been previously studied\, less is known about their impacts on health o
 utcomes. These policies may influence health through myriad ways\, includi
 ng through changes in community incarceration rates and crime rates or sti
 gmatizion. In this study\, we use detailed birth certificate data along wi
 th quasi-experimental research methods to examine the impacts of state tru
 th-in-sentencing and three strikes policies on birth outcomes by race. We 
 find evidence of positive impacts of truth-in-sentencing policies on gesta
 tional age among White and Black infants born to mothers with college or h
 igher education\, with results for Black infants being less precise. For t
 hree strikes\, we find evidence of negative impacts on birth weight for Bl
 ack infants born to mothers with less than a college education. The findin
 gs highlight the heterogeneous nature of tough-on-crime policies and the v
 aried mechanisms by which they might pattern health and racial health disp
 arities.</p><p>This will be a hybrid event. For more information\, please 
 contact <a href="mailto:amkirk@syr.edu">Alyssa Kirk</a> or <a href="mailto
 :ktavernen@syr.edu">Karen Tavernese</a>.</p>
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