State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research
Authors: Tiffany Lemon, Anne Spaulding, Josiah D. Rich
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2015)

Letters4 August 2015State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health ResearchTiffany Lemon, BS, cMSPH, Anne Spaulding, MD, MPH, and Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPHTiffany Lemon, BS, cMSPHFrom Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Search for more papers by this author, Anne Spaulding, MD, MPHFrom Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Search for more papers by this author, and Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPHFrom Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L15-5116 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We agree with Ahalt and colleagues (1) that the incarcerated population deserves more study. The authors note that 20 million Americans are now or have been incarcerated. We believe that this figure warrants closer scrutiny.The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that approximately 101 million criminal records are on file in the United States (2). The National Employment Law Project issued a report in 2011, “65 Million ‘Need Not Apply': The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment,” that reduced the estimate of persons these records represent by one third to correct for persons who had ...References1. Ahalt C, Bolano M, Wang EA, Williams B. The state of research funding from the National Institutes of Health for criminal justice health research. Ann Intern Med. 2015;162:345-52. [PMID: 25732276] doi:10.7326/M14-2161 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Bureau of Justice Statistics; U.S. Department of Justice. Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2012. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice; 2014. Google Scholar3. Rodriguez MN, Emsellem M. 65 Million “Need Not Apply”: The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment. New York: National Employment Law Project; 2011. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Tiffany Lemon, BS, cMSPH; Anne Spaulding, MD, MPH; Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPHAffiliations: From Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L15-0308. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Cyrus Ahalt , Marielle Bolano , Emily A. Wang , and Brie Williams The State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Cyrus Ahalt , Marielle Bolano , Emily A. Wang , and Brie Williams State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Cyrus Ahalt , Emily A. Wang , and Brie Williams State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research Cyrus Ahalt , Emily A. Wang , and Brie Williams Metrics Cited byHistory of Incarceration and Its Association With Geriatric and Chronic Health Outcomes in Older Adulthood 4 August 2015Volume 163, Issue 3Page: 240KeywordsDisclosureResearch funding ePublished: 4 August 2015 Issue Published: 4 August 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...