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Ian A. Silver

@ianasilver.bsky.social

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Quantitative and Public Health Criminologist at RTI interested in Youth Justice, Corrections, Pretrial, Criminal Justice Policy, and Applied Statistics. All opinions are my own. Personal Website: www.ianasilver.com.

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Jan 23

To start the year off, Jamie Newsome, @tovaacohen.bsky.social, and I worked on a manuscript studying if involvement in the system as an adolescent was a risk factor for reduced health care access and usage during adulthood. The results suggest that the answer is yes! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Health Inequalities: Is Adolescent Involvement in the Legal System a Risk Factor for Reduced Health Care Access and Usage during Adulthood?

Introduction: This study examined the association between being involved in the criminal legal system prior to age 18 and access to medical coverage and care in

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

Being that it is the end of the year, I wanted to highlight a few important findings from my research over the past year:

Youth Justice:
1) Incarcerating youth in adult facilities appears to increase violent victimization during adulthood (doi.org/10.1002/jad....).

Juvenile Incarceration in an Adult Facility and Violent Victimization During Adulthood

Introduction A growing body of research indicates that being incarcerated in an adult jail or prison as a juvenile can elevate one's exposure to adverse childhood experiences, including violent and ...

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CrimRxiv @crimrxiv.com · Apr 29

For the first time, CrimRxiv reached a million views in a month. We're grateful for your participation in open criminology. Special shoutout to The Home of CrimRxiv, UoM's Department of Criminology, and other Members of CrimRxiv Consortium. Learn more: http://dlvr.it/TKRsZJ

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Apr 24

Our cover this week.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Apr 23

JUST IN: The MeidasTouch Podcast Tops Charts for Third Straight Month with 107.3 Million Downloads—More Than Joe Rogan, Candace Owens, and Ben Shapiro COMBINED, per Podscribe Data

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Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · Apr 22

Trump has wiped out injury and violence prevention at the CDC.

Surveillance systems and programs to protect kids from things like firearm injuries and drowning...just gone.

Tariffs and the price of eggs don't mean a damn thing if we can't even keep our kids safe.

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With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

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Dr. Maria Hoeffer, ND @indigospin.bsky.social · Apr 19

Cincinnati is showing up to protect democracy!
#50501
#HandsOff

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Apr 15

This is not counting some unpublished works, which have experienced upwards 6-7 rejections from journals. Impactful research might not always be published in the first submission. Some of my most-cited articles were rejected 1-2 times times before being accepted for publication.

Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Apr 15

As a reminder, rejection is a normal part of academic publishing! I have published 62 articles to date and experience approximately 1.5 rejections per-article published.

I have my rejection tracker publicly available on my website

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Tova Cohen @tovaacohen.bsky.social · Mar 30

I am so incredibly excited and proud to announce that I will be attending @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social this Fall in pursuit of my PhD in Criminal Justice, where I will be working under the mentorship of Colleen Berryessa! THANK YOU to everyone at UA and @ianasilver.bsky.social for their support!

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 22

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Mar 17

I hope everyone is doing well this Monday morning! It is definitely difficult to be a scientist/researcher under these conditions!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Mar 3

An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our results indicate that being arrested, incarcerated in a facility for juveniles, or incarcerated in a facility for adults as a minor may be linked to reduced access to medical insurance and medical care during adulthood.

Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Jan 14

They do! And we are currently working on a follow up paper examining the impact on school based complaints as well!

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Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · Jan 6

Brand new article out now, led by @ianasilver.bsky.social. Using NLSY-97 data, we found that children incarcerated in adult facilities suffer long-term economic consequences related to employment and wages earned. These are particularly harmful to Black children.

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The Lasting Effects of Incarcerating Juveniles in US Adult Facilities: Examining the Impact on Employment and Income During Early Adulthood

Abstract. Using the NLSY-1997, the current study examined if juvenile incarceration in US adult correctional facilities influenced the average number of we

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

If you need access to any of the articles, please feel free to message or email me!

Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

Juvenile Incarceration in an Adult Facility and Violent Victimization During Adulthood

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

This year has been extremely busy, but these findings have important policy implications that could potentially reform the criminal justice system for the better. Happy New Year!

Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

Corrections:

1) Incarceration differentially impacts income across racial groups, suggesting that involvement with the system might exacerbate income inequality in the United States (doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...).

Exacerbating inequality over the life-course: examining race differences in the reciprocal effects between incarceration and income

Abstract. Relative to Whites, Blacks face lower odds of gaining employment with notable wages while also facing longer terms of incarceration when sent to

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

3) Not all combinations of pretrial supervision conditions are equal. Some of which could reduce the likelihood of recidivism, while some could increase the likelihood of recidivism (to be published in Federal Probation).

Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

2) The predictive validity of the Public Safety Assessment appears to remain similar when using abbreviated criminal histories (< 5 years), suggesting that lifetime criminal history items might not be beneficial for prediction (doi.org/10.1080/0741...).

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

Pretrial:

1) Time spent in pretrial detention appears to influence the likelihood and time until an individual becomes reinvolved with the system, as well as the likelihood of experiencing a failure to appear or conviction (doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... & doi.org/10.1111/1745...).

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

4) School Justice Partnerships (SJPs) show promising effects for reducing referrals to the juvenile justice system, but might not have the intended impact on over usage of exclusionary disciplinary actions (doi.org/10.1007/s112...).

Can we Break the School to Prison Pipeline through Partnerships? A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Effects of School Justice Partnerships - Journal of Experimental Criminology

Objectives The over usage of exclusionary discipline to address school-based behaviors remains a substantive concern given the linkage between school discipline (e.g., suspensions, expulsions, and ref...

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

3) Incarcerating youth in adult facilities appears to increase mental health symptoms in early adulthood (doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...).

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 31

2) Incarcerating youth in adult facilities appears to reduce employment and earnings during adulthood and differentially impact Black individuals (to be published in the British Journal of Criminology).

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 6

People always inform me about how much they love the Rejection Tracker on my website (www.ianasilver.com). My updated rejection rate is 1.58 rejections per-published article!

This stat is misleading though, because I do have approximately 8 "dead" papers that have 1 to almost 7 rejections.

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 1

Here is the corrected link! ianasilver.com/peer-reviewe...

Peer Reviewed Publications

55. Viglione, Jill and Silver, Ian A. 2024 “Adaptation and Accountability: Examining changes in technical violations and revocations during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Journal of Crime and Justice. Onl…

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 1

The data and code used to conduct the study is available at ianasilver.com/peer-reviewed-…

Additionally, if you need a copy of the paper, please email me or check out the preprint (papers.ssrn.com/abstract=47580 )!

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 1

Using a quasi-experimental evaluation, we assessed if School Justice Partnerships could break the school to prison pipeline in North Carolina. The results showed promising effects, but more can be done to further enhance the effects!

Research Brief:

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School Justice Partnership_Research Brief.pdf

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Ian A. Silver @ianasilver.bsky.social · Dec 1

School Justice Partnerships appear to be effective at reducing complaints to the juvenile justice system in North Carolina, but refinements could enhance their effectiveness on school exclusionary punishments! @OJPOJJDP @NCJFCJ

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