The Arkansas Crime, Public Safety, and Health Survey (ACPSHS) is a representative sample of approximately 2,300 Black and White adults residing in Arkansas. The overall goal of the ACPSHS is to consider whether and how exposure to the U.S. criminal legal system at the individual and community level jointly shape Black-White disparities in cardiovascular disease risk (CVD) in Arkansas.
Findings from this project will provide a new way of thinking about Black-White disparities in CVD by focusing on the multilevel and intersectional nature of contact with the U.S. criminal legal system.
This project is supported by a National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities sub-award from the Center for Research, Health, and Social Justice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Project leads
Michael Niño, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Arkansas HEAL at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is the Principal Investigator of the ACPSHS.
Casey Harris, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair/Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is the Co-Principal Investigator of the ACPSHS.
Grant Drawve, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Innovation at CAP Index and a research associate at UA, Fayetteville is a Co-Investigator on the ACPSHS.