Linking Criminal Legal Records to the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
Summary
The purpose of this project is to link the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS). This effort will provide the first data linkage of criminal legal system records with a nationally representative prospective longitudinal dataset, offering researchers and policymakers an unprecedented resource to better understand the consequences of criminal legal system contact across the life course, including through midlife and older adulthood.
