Please join us for the upcoming presentation of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center Research Series Virtual Brown Bag. This brown bag is a forum to bring together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss in-progress research on academic and workforce outcomes.
DATE and TIME: Friday, April 19, 2024, noon to 1 p.m. Eastern
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Title: How Justice System Involvement Impacts Educational Outcomes in Maryland
Presentation Abstract:
Recent research demonstrates the importance of assessing how justice system involvement can impact educational outcomes. The current study examines this relationship within the 2013 ninth-grade cohort across the state of Maryland. First, propensity score matching is used to compare justice-involved and similarly situated non-justice-involved youth in their likelihood of suspension, graduation, and postsecondary enrollment. Second, this study explores how this relationship may differ between youth based on the number of days of school they miss because of their system involvement. Lastly, this study examines how the impact of justice system involvement on educational outcomes may differ between youth of different racial identities and sexes, including at the intersection of one's race and sex. Sensitivity analyses that assess the nuances of this relationship based on the severity of one's system were also conducted. A discussion will involve John Irvine and Shane Hall from the Office of Research and Evaluation at the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) to comment on how this research informs policy and practice.
Presenter: Erin Tinney, Researcher, MLDS Center Research Branch and Doctoral Candidate, University of Maryland, College Park
About the Presenter
Erin Tinney is a doctoral candidate from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is expected to receive her PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies this May. Her research interests include labeling and stigma, the consequences of justice system involvement in adolescence, and the intersection of the education and justice systems. Her Master's thesis on stigma by association following a friend's arrest has been published in Criminology, and she has also contributed to Teen Friendship Networks, Development, and Risky Behavior from Oxford University Press.