Widespread concerns about mass incarceration and recent incidents of police brutality have sparked policy demands to reduce the scope of policing in U.S. society, including calls to defund the police. However, there is limited research on the true extent of civilian demand for reducing the scope of policing. In this project, we conduct a two-part survey experiment to evaluate civilian demand for police and police alternatives under various issues and scenarios.
The goal of this project is to link data from the CDC’s National Death Index to data from the Baby’s First Years study to understand what impact, if any, a monthly unconditional cash transfer has on maternal mortality.
This study examines the consequences of low wealth and wealth inequality for children. Wealth is a well-known driver of health outcomes, and children who come from wealthier families have better health than children who come from less wealthy families. Additionally, childhood health affects adult health. Thus, experiences of wealth during childhood are likely critical to health throughout the life course.
Our project directly contributes to DUPRI research on the social foundations of health, health inequalities, and health and family trajectories across the life course by making it possible to disaggregate the long-term health consequences of jail and prison incarceration for the first time at a national level. The project will allow Duke researchers to obtain access to novel data that are likely to have a significant impact on the study of the health consequences of mass incarceration.