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Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C., Akins, Scott, Sassaman, Jon, Jackson, Scott, Elwer, Ken, Lanfear, Charles, Amorim, Mariana, and Stevens, Katelyn
Abstract:: In 2012, heads of local law enforcement agencies in Benton County, Oregon, contacted researchers at Oregon State University to discuss a problem: a sharp rise in the amount of contact between police and suspects displaying symptoms of mental illness. This initial contact led to an ongoing collaborative examination of the...
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Full Text:: /0306624X15599393 10.1177/0306624X15599393 SAGE Publications Accepted Manuscript http

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C.
Abstract:: A great deal of research has documented racial disparities in imprisonment rates in the United States, but little work has been done to understand the process by which inmates are assigned to individual correctional facilities. This article extends research on racial disparities in imprisonment rates to consider racial disparities in...
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Full Text:: :10.1177/2153368714539355 10.1177/2153368714539355 Sage Publications Accepted Manuscript http

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C. and Connor, Brian T.
Abstract:: This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage Publications and can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1177/2329496515604641
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Full Text:: prison privatization. Social Currents. doi:10.1177/2329496515604641 10.1177/2329496515604641 Sage

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C.
Abstract:: Research Summary: Private correctional firms are political actors. They work to create favorable conditions to market their services. At the same time, they are constrained by external political forces, including political parties, social movements, and public opinion. This article reviews what we know about the reciprocal relationship between the private...
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Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C.
Abstract:: Who is in private prisons? This seemingly straightforward question has received surprisingly little attention in the United States. This paper analyzes national prison data to provide demographic profiles of prisoners and workers in private prisons in the United States and to compare them to prisoners and workers in state and...
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Full Text:: Correctional Facilities. Race Justice 5, 33– 57. doi:10.1177/2153368714539355 Camp, S.D., Gaes, G.G., 2002

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C. and Jones, Alisha
Abstract:: A mid-20th century prisoners' rights revolution gave American prisoners unprecedented access to courts for exercising newly elaborated constitutional rights. The result was a tide of litigation brought by inmates and subsequent remedial court orders requiring corrections officials to improve conditions of confinement. It was in this context of aggressive judicial...
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Full Text:: Review 16 (1): 74–87. doi:10.1177/0887403404266757. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1993. “Census of

Creator:: Akins, Scott, Burkhardt, Brett C., and Lanfear, Charles
Abstract:: This article examines a subset of justice-involved persons with mental illness who have repeated contacts with law enforcement officers. Previous work has alluded to this sub-population—often termed “frequent fliers”—but little research has empirically examined its size and nature. This study proposes a method of identifying frequent fliers that is based...
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Full Text:: :10.1177/0887403414559268 10.1177/0887403414559268 SAGE Publications Accepted Manuscript http

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