Health & justice 10th anniversary: looking ahead after a decade of progress

Authors: Faye S. Taxman, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lior Gideon & Wendy P. Guastaferro

Journal: Health & Justice

Excerpts from introduction:

This Anniversary edition of Health & Justice is designed to review the state of the art in various aspects of health and criminology research. Health & Justice was launched to provide a venue for an emerging area of science, which is now referred to as health criminology, health services for the justice/legal system, or criminal legal systems and medical/health research. Back then, there was not a venue for this area of science, with more attention being given to those that work and participate in the health/legal settings. Springer Nature was open to this novel, emerging area and even gave us the opportunity to become an innovator with the open access publication concept. Lior Gideon and I separately approached Springer Nature to discuss a new journal and we then collaborated on launching Health & Justice, bringing attention to both criminology and health issues. We stacked the board with health and criminology researchers from across the world to begin this journey and create opportunities for the dissemination of health and justice-related research.

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This special edition also commences the passing of the baton from me (Faye Taxman) to Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein as co-Editor-in-Chief. Health & Justice is in good hands with Lauren and Lior, with the added efforts of Wendy Guastaferro as Deputy Editor. Lauren is a Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University and a nationally recognized expert on the intersection of incarceration and health. She brings deep expertise in implementation science, harm reduction, and health equity, and her work has influenced both policy and practice across the U.S. With her addition to the journal leadership and commitment to advancing research in this field, Health & Justice is poised to thrive in its next chapter. Wendy is a Professor in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice with work on effective behavioral health (primarily substance abuse and mental health) treatments and policies within community, jail, and prison settings. She brings unique efforts on treatment studies including those that focus on family relationships and family treatment courts. This trio will lead the journal to new heights through the next decade.