Alexander Testa

TL;DR: Although age at first stop was not associated with mental health outcomes, youth stopped by police more frequently were more likely to report heightened emotional distress and posttraumatic stress symptoms and findings indicate that being stopped at school and officer intrusiveness were potent predictors of these adverse emotional and mental health responses to the stop.

TL;DR: ACEs carry consequences for well-being and serve as an antecedent to food insecurity in young adulthood and developing interventions such as expanding access to nutrition assistance programs for ACE-exposed populations may yield benefits for alleviating food insecurity and promoting greater health equity.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that youth reporting exposure to police stops exhibited significantly greater odds of sleep deprivation and low sleep quality, and multi-sector teams should carefully consider the role that intrusive police stops might play in shaping adolescent sleep patterns and promote trauma-informed law enforcement practices.

TL;DR: Findings demonstrate that a history of incarceration is associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing food insecurity, and this association is found to partially operate through household income, depressive symptoms, marital status, and social isolation.

TL;DR: The United States was not the only country that experienced a drop in crime in the 1990s as discussed by the authors, but this line of research is largely limited to a small number of develope...