Catherine L Kothari
Biographic Data
| ID | 6064493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine L Kothari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine L |
| FAMILY NAME | Kothari |
| SIGNATURE | KOTHARI C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catherine L. Kothari is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo. Ruth Zielinski is with the Western Michigan University School of Nursing, Kalamazoo. Arthur James is with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University, Columbus. Remitha M. Charoth is with the Department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University School of Medicine. Luz del Carmen Sweezy is with Healthy Babies Healthy Start, Kalamazoo County Department of... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Perinatal Periods of Risk Analysis
Does gender matter? Exploring mental health recovery court legal and health outcomes
BACKGROUND: Based upon therapeutic justice principles, mental health courts use legal leverage to improve access and compliance to treatment for defendants who are mentally ill. Justice-involved women have a higher prevalence of mental illness than men, and it plays a greater role in their criminal behavior. Despite this, studies examining whether women respond differently than men to mental health courts are lacking. Study goals were to examine …
Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution
Are intimate partner violence (IPV) victims safer if they use the criminal justice system? Concerns about perpetrator retaliation, in the face of data that protection orders can reduce future harm, make it important to understand how victim utilization (calling 911, talking to the prosecutor, and proceeding with prosecution) affects subsequent safety. We hypothesized participation would improve victims’ safety, measured by decreases in subsequent…
In Our Voice
Improved Birth Weight for Black Infants
Objectives. We determined whether participation in Healthy Babies Healthy Start (HBHS), a maternal health program emphasizing racial equity and delivering services through case management home visitation, was associated with improved birth outcomes for Black women relative to White women. Methods. We used a matched-comparison posttest-only design in which we selected the comparison group using propensity score matching. Study data were generated …
Engaging With Criminal Prosecution
Despite more than a decade of policies that encourage prosecutors to proceed without the victim's input or actions in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV), prosecutors still often rely on the victim's participation to move a case forward. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers and motivators influencing female IPV victims' engagement with the criminal justice system and their preferences regarding prosecution. Findings from fo…
The Impact of Children on Legal Actions Taken by Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Assessing Maternal Risk for Fetal-Infant Mortality
I Didn’t Want To Put Them Through That”
I Didn’t Want To Put Them Through That”
In Our Voice
The Impact of Children on Legal Actions Taken by Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Improved Birth Weight for Black Infants
Objectives. We determined whether participation in Healthy Babies Healthy Start (HBHS), a maternal health program emphasizing racial equity and delivering services through case management home visitation, was associated with improved birth outcomes for Black women relative to White women. Methods. We used a matched-comparison posttest-only design in which we selected the comparison group using propensity score matching. Study data were generated …
Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution
Are intimate partner violence (IPV) victims safer if they use the criminal justice system? Concerns about perpetrator retaliation, in the face of data that protection orders can reduce future harm, make it important to understand how victim utilization (calling 911, talking to the prosecutor, and proceeding with prosecution) affects subsequent safety. We hypothesized participation would improve victims’ safety, measured by decreases in subsequent…
Assessing Maternal Risk for Fetal-Infant Mortality
I Didn’t Want To Put Them Through That”
Engaging With Criminal Prosecution
Despite more than a decade of policies that encourage prosecutors to proceed without the victim's input or actions in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV), prosecutors still often rely on the victim's participation to move a case forward. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers and motivators influencing female IPV victims' engagement with the criminal justice system and their preferences regarding prosecution. Findings from fo…
The Impact of Children on Legal Actions Taken by Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Does gender matter? Exploring mental health recovery court legal and health outcomes
BACKGROUND: Based upon therapeutic justice principles, mental health courts use legal leverage to improve access and compliance to treatment for defendants who are mentally ill. Justice-involved women have a higher prevalence of mental illness than men, and it plays a greater role in their criminal behavior. Despite this, studies examining whether women respond differently than men to mental health courts are lacking. Study goals were to examine …
Victim Participation in Intimate Partner Violence Prosecution
Are intimate partner violence (IPV) victims safer if they use the criminal justice system? Concerns about perpetrator retaliation, in the face of data that protection orders can reduce future harm, make it important to understand how victim utilization (calling 911, talking to the prosecutor, and proceeding with prosecution) affects subsequent safety. We hypothesized participation would improve victims’ safety, measured by decreases in subsequent…
In Our Voice
Improved Birth Weight for Black Infants
Objectives. We determined whether participation in Healthy Babies Healthy Start (HBHS), a maternal health program emphasizing racial equity and delivering services through case management home visitation, was associated with improved birth outcomes for Black women relative to White women. Methods. We used a matched-comparison posttest-only design in which we selected the comparison group using propensity score matching. Study data were generated …
Perinatal Periods of Risk Analysis
Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Domestic violence (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Legal psychology (4 works) · Medical emergency (4 works)