New York State’s Bail Elimination Act of 2019: a retrospective mental health impact assessment

IF 1.8 4区社会学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI:10.1080/14615517.2023.2260512

Leah G. Pope, Daniel J. Pohl, Amy Ehntholt, Tehya Boswell, Elizabeth Ford, Merrill Rotter, Michael T. Compton

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ABSTRACTPretrial detention is associated with negative health and mental health outcomes but new policies that limit its use rarely cite the impact that such changes could have on individual or family-level mental health. This paper describes the potential of mental health impact assessments to be used as a tool in policy decision-making about criminal legal system reforms. An abbreviated, retrospective mental health impact assessment of New York State’s Bail Elimination Act of 2019 was undertaken based on a review of literature to illustrate how reducing pretrial detention impacts social determinants of health and, in turn, mental health. Evidence is presented about the known effects of pretrial detention on eight social determinants of health and the impacts of those on mental health. The evidence demonstrates that policy decisions have important mental health implications that should be considered as part of the deliberative process. This review supports the use of mental health impact assessments to engage communities, inform policy, and address historical inequities in the criminal justice system in order to reduce the consequent mental health disparities.KEYWORDS: Bail reformcriminal justicemental health impact assessmentsocial determinants of health Disclosure statementThere are no relevant financial or non-financial competing interests to report.

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纽约州2019年《保释取消法》:回顾性心理健康影响评估

摘要审前拘留与负面的健康和心理健康结果有关，但限制其使用的新政策很少提到这种变化可能对个人或家庭心理健康产生的影响。本文描述了心理健康影响评估作为刑事法律制度改革政策决策工具的潜力。在文献综述的基础上，对2019年纽约州的《保释取消法》进行了简短的、回顾性的心理健康影响评估，以说明减少审前拘留如何影响健康的社会决定因素，进而影响心理健康。有证据表明，审前拘留对八种健康社会决定因素的已知影响以及这些因素对心理健康的影响。证据表明，政策决定具有重要的心理健康影响，应作为审议过程的一部分加以考虑。本综述支持使用心理健康影响评估来吸引社区参与，为政策提供信息，并解决刑事司法系统中的历史不公平现象，以减少随之而来的心理健康差异。关键词:保释改革刑事司法健康影响评估健康的社会决定因素披露声明没有相关的财务或非财务竞争利益需要报告。

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Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： This is the international, peer-reviewed journal of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). It covers environmental, social, health and other impact assessments, cost-benefit analysis, technology assessment, and other approaches to anticipating and managing impacts. It has readers in universities, government and public agencies, consultancies, NGOs and elsewhere in over 100 countries. It has editorials, main articles, book reviews, and a professional practice section.