There has been a great deal of scholarship examining the outcomes associated with being processed through the criminal justice system. Much of this research has focused on legal outcomes, such as recidivism, but research has also centered on extralegal outcomes, including measures of health and economics. The current study added to this body of research by examining whether contact with the criminal justice system (i.e., arrest, conviction, and incarceration) was associated with health problems, suicidal ideation, economic disadvantage, and poverty in adulthood for males. The analyses controlled for preexisting criminogenic measures (e.g., low self-control, delinquent peers, neighborhood disadvantage) and for adolescent delinquent involvement. Data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) were analyzed. The results revealed that all of the criminal justice system measures were statistically significant predictors of the health and economic outcomes even after accounting for preexisting criminogenic traits and delinquent behavior.

已经有大量奖学金研究与通过刑事司法系统处理相关的结果。大部分研究都集中在法律结果上，例如累犯，但研究也集中在法外结果上，包括健康和经济措施。目前的研究通过检查与刑事司法系统的接触（即逮捕、定罪和监禁）是否与男性成年后的健康问题、自杀意念、经济劣势和贫困有关，从而增加了这一研究体系。这些分析控制了先前存在的犯罪行为措施（例如，自我控制能力低、同龄人犯罪、邻里劣势）和青少年犯罪参与。分析了从全国青少年到成人健康纵向研究（Add Health）中提取的数据。