R L Fix

Datos Biográficos

ID33593
NOMBRER L Fix
NOMBRESR L
APELLIDOFix
FIRMAFIX R L
AFILIACIONESJohns Hopkins University
ORCID0000-0002-5506-3960
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS56
TOTAL DE CITAS48
TOTAL COMO AUTOR56
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2016
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H5

  • Criminal Police Perceptions of the Internet-Delivered Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Prevention Program Prevent It 2.0 in Germany, Portugal, and Sweden

    Open AccessLina S Haubrock, Vanessa Azevedo et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2026

    Secondary prevention targeting individuals at risk of offending presents a promising strategy to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse, yet programs remain scarce and help-seeking individuals face various barriers. In response, internet-delivered programs such as Prevent It 2.0, an anonymous cognitive behavioral therapy intervention, are being developed. Effective recruitment could benefit from collaboration with the criminal police as refer…

  • Optimization bias in correctional leadership

    Open AccessHoward Persifor Smith, Frank Ferdik et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2026

    Frontline-administrator misalignment in general evaluations of health can undermine efforts to improve correctional officer well-being. This study examined optimization bias in correctional leadership—administrators’ overestimation of officer well-being. Using paired surveys from ( n = 308) officers and ( n = 104) administrators, cross-role perceptions regarding relational access and well-being revealed disparities between both groups. For exampl…

  • A Shared Vision of Positive Policing from Black Young People and Police

    Open AccessR L Fix, Allison R Cross et al.ARTICLERace and Justice2026

    In the current study, we examined perceptions and features of positive police-youth encounters, both enforcement and non-enforcement in nature, between Black young people and sworn police personnel from a single large US metropolitan city. Data were collected from young people during individual interviews ( N = 35) and from sworn police personnel within focus group discussions ( N = 10 focus group discussions, 50 total personnel). We used an indu…

  • Enabling Correctional Officer Wellness

    Howard Persifor Smith, Hayden P Smith et al.ARTICLECorrections2026

    Despite availability of wellness resources, correctional officer engagement remains low due to stigma, confidentiality concerns, and mistrust of organizational supports. To address this gap, a deliberative stakeholder panel of (N = 10) correctional practitioners generated implementation-focused recommendations, revealing four key barriers: logistical access constraints, weak confidentiality safeguards, cultural stigma, and limited leadership supp…

  • Harms of social regulation on the development of maternal identity among sex workers

    Open AccessRegan A Moss, Aurélie Athan et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2026

    Recommendations include amplifying positive formations of maternal identity which may improve maternal mental health outcomes among sex-working moms

  • Structural and Policy Determinants of Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant People in U.S. Jails

    Open AccessMaya Lakshman, Sitara Murali et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    Pregnant people in U.S. jails experience high rates of opioid use disorder (OUD), yet access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) remains inconsistent. This mixed-methods study examines how jail policies, treatment infrastructure, and political context shape MOUD provision for pregnant incarcerated individuals. We conducted a secondary analysis of a national survey of 2885 U.S. jails (analytic sample = 836). Logistic regression models as…

  • Steps Toward Transformation

    Open AccessR L Fix, Dylan B JacksonARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2026Referencias: 75

    It is essential to understand community perspectives about how to promote safe and equitable interactions between Black young people and police. We conducted individual interviews with 35 Black young people (15–22 years) and 10 focus group discussions with 50 police representing multiple ranks/roles. Findings indicated that both young people and police view four policing practices as essential: respect, communication skills, empathy/understanding…

  • Patterns of Vicarious Police Contact and Youths’ Stress and Attitudes About the Police

    Open AccessLuke Muentner, Alexander Testa et al.ARTICLEChild and Adolescent Social Work…2025

  • Active ingredients in implicit racial bias training

    Open AccessR L Fix, Edward L PalmerARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2025

  • Innovating Wellness

    Open AccessHoward Persifor Smith, R L Fix et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2025

    Police personnel face numerous occupational hazards that can severely compromise their physical and mental health. Despite decades of scholarship on the subject, little is known about how best to deliver wellness knowledge and interventions to this workgroup. To address this research void, semistructured interviews were conducted with ( n = 17) sworn and ( n = 9) civilian police personnel from a large metropolitan law enforcement agency in the Mi…

  • “Every Day I was Crying about Something”

    Open AccessKelli R Thompson, R L Fix et al.ARTICLEThe Prison Journal2025

    Staff working in prison settings experience high rates of job-related stress which was amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty staff members from a juvenile prison were interviewed to determine the unique mental health symptoms and stressors several years after initial shutdown procedures. Anxiety, PTSD symptoms, and sleep disturbances were reported; sometimes resulting in staff avoiding interactions with youth. Some positive aspects were …

  • Promoting physical and mental wellness in police

    R L Fix, Frank Ferdik et al.ARTICLEPolice Practice and Research2025

    Preservation of community safety is inextricably tied to police personnel wellbeing. When considering that an alarming number of police personnel are experiencing serious health impairments, a pressing need emerges to address this issue. In response, the current study conducted semi-structured interviews with (n = 18) sworn and (n = 8) civilian police personnel from a Mid-Atlantic police department to acquire insight into the health services they…

  • Ethnoracial Dynamics Experienced by Incarcerated Youth and Staff in a Male Juvenile Prison

    Open AccessBrandon Doan, Yuting Situ et al.ARTICLERace and Justice2025

    Race and ethnicity significantly shape the social organization of juvenile prisons; however, there is an absence of literature on ethnoracial dynamics experienced by incarcerated youth and staff in juvenile prisons. In this qualitative study, we conducted interviews to examine perceptions of ethnoracial dynamics during staff-youth interactions, youth-youth interactions, and staff-staff interactions at a juvenile prison located in the Southeastern…

  • Singing for self-affirmation and healing

    R L FixARTICLEArts & Health2025Referencias: 4

    Black young people in underresourced communities with high levels of violence exposure experience a range of mental health sequelae and barriers to mental health support. In this study, 18 Black young people (ages 12-19) participated in a co-created program to process and cope with the impact of trauma through creative writing activities focused on music production. Participating young people created 20 songs. Song lyrics young people created dur…

  • Protective Behaviors in Police Encounters Among LGBT + Youth and Young Adults

    Open AccessR L Fix, R Lillianne Macias et al.ARTICLESexuality Research and Social…2025Referencias: 15

  • Disclosure of direct and witnessed police stops among Black youth in Baltimore City, Maryland

    Open AccessDylan B Jackson, R L Fix et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2025Referencias: 11

    Youth-police contact is increasingly acknowledged as a stressor and a racialized adverse childhood experience that can undermine youths' mental health. There is limited empirical research, however, on youths' disclosure of police stops to trusted others and how disclosure might mitigate adverse mental health responses to police stops. The present study examines patterns of disclosure following direct and witnessed police stops and their implicati…

  • Beyond denial

    Open AccessR L FixARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 58

    Policing has long constituted a public health crisis for Black communities in the United States, and continues to pose a profound threat to the safety and well‐bein of community members, underscoring the need to more toward accountability and care. Many societal discourses plaguing the current zeitgeist include addressing what to do about policing. Obtaining perspectives from police personnel is beneficial to increasing understanding of these iss…

  • Self-Directed Violence Among Black Young Adults with Negative Police Experiences

    Open AccessKrista P Woodward, R L Fix et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 42

  • Racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in substantiated child maltreatment

    Open AccessR L Fix, Amanda Luken et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025Referencias: 1

  • Seeking Justice

    Open AccessR L Fix, Leila Habib et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2025Referencias: 42

    Although adult allies often play crucial roles in mentoring and supporting young people who are activists, there remain gaps in our understanding of how community leaders interpret youth activism and the nature of organizational supports they provide for Black young people. We aimed to clarify perceptions about young people's involvement in social activism surrounding policing among community leaders who serve Black young people (ages 12–21) in B…

  • Who teaches youth about police? Examining associations between knowledge sources and police interactions

    Open AccessR L Fix, Annie Pan et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025Referencias: 3

  • When youth record police

    Open AccessDylan B Jackson, R L Fix et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025Referencias: 35

  • Great Expectations

    Open AccessAdam D Fine, R L Fix et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2024

    Juvenile probation can be a critical inflection point. As such, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners are interested in enhancing youths’ success on probation, especially pertaining to reducing recidivism and promoting their success in education and employment. Informed by the risk–need–responsivity framework, the present study examined how theoretically derived familial/peer (e.g., social bonds, parental monitoring), societal/community (e…

  • Police Violence Exposure and Traumatic Stress Among Youth

    Open AccessShoshana Oppenheim, Lindsey Webb et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2024

    Youth exposure to violence increases the risk of poor mental and physical health outcomes lasting into adulthood. Traumatic stress is an outcome of particular concern as the physiological stress response impacts the developing brain. Recently, youth exposure to police violence has been conceptualized as an adverse childhood experience that may impact traumatic stress. To examine this possibility, we conducted a systematic review, drawing upon fiv…

  • Disproportionate Minority Contact

    Open AccessR L Fix, Amanda M Fanniff et al.ARTICLERace and Justice2024

    Racial disparities in the U.S. juvenile justice system appear to be attenuated for people with sexual and violent versus drug and property offenses. Existing theories such as the racial threat hypothesis partially explain these racial disparities, but the definition of “threat” could limit our ability to explain juvenile justice outcomes across offense categories. Importantly, research often overlooks the different and unique threats associated w…