Chantal Fahmy, PhD
@chantalfahmy.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UTSA
Associate Editor, Criminal Justice and Behavior
Co-Founder, ASC's Division of Health & Disability Criminology
research interests: prison reentry | health criminology | social support | corrections | incarceration & public health
Associate Editor, Criminal Justice and Behavior
Co-Founder, ASC's Division of Health & Disability Criminology
research interests: prison reentry | health criminology | social support | corrections | incarceration & public health
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Self-reported offending and drug use after prison release: The pernicious role of stress during reentry
Diverse research demonstrates that unmanageable stressors are relentless on the body and brain, especially among individuals reentering society post-i…
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I guess it's great timing for my 1st post here to share my new #solo paper in #JournalofCriminalJustice
Using the #LoneStarProject, I examine how #stress confounds the association btw #mentalhealth and #offending & #druguse during #reentry in the 1st year out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Using the #LoneStarProject, I examine how #stress confounds the association btw #mentalhealth and #offending & #druguse during #reentry in the 1st year out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
*new paper* w/ Alex Testa & @travismeyers.bsky.social
we look at types of social contact in prison (visits, phone calls, mail) & from different groups (family, friends, gang members, others) on health upon release
No shock: family & visits are most important!
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we look at types of social contact in prison (visits, phone calls, mail) & from different groups (family, friends, gang members, others) on health upon release
No shock: family & visits are most important!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Physical and mental health upon reentry: The importance of social contact in prison for wellbeing during reintegration
Incarceration is associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes that are exacerbated during the post-release period. Social contact with …
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January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
*new paper* w/ Alex Testa & @travismeyers.bsky.social
we look at types of social contact in prison (visits, phone calls, mail) & from different groups (family, friends, gang members, others) on health upon release
No shock: family & visits are most important!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
we look at types of social contact in prison (visits, phone calls, mail) & from different groups (family, friends, gang members, others) on health upon release
No shock: family & visits are most important!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
In a special collection -Incarceration & Health- by Springer @nature.com's Scientific Reports, @testaalex.bsky.social & I discuss family #socialsupport during #incarceration on #mentalhealth & #physicalhealth after #prison release...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Did I mention it's open access!?😁
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Did I mention it's open access!?😁
Family social support during incarceration: implications for health upon release - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Family social support during incarceration: implications for health upon release
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August 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In a special collection -Incarceration & Health- by Springer @nature.com's Scientific Reports, @testaalex.bsky.social & I discuss family #socialsupport during #incarceration on #mentalhealth & #physicalhealth after #prison release...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Did I mention it's open access!?😁
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Did I mention it's open access!?😁
I guess it's great timing for my 1st post here to share my new #solo paper in #JournalofCriminalJustice
Using the #LoneStarProject, I examine how #stress confounds the association btw #mentalhealth and #offending & #druguse during #reentry in the 1st year out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Using the #LoneStarProject, I examine how #stress confounds the association btw #mentalhealth and #offending & #druguse during #reentry in the 1st year out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Self-reported offending and drug use after prison release: The pernicious role of stress during reentry
Diverse research demonstrates that unmanageable stressors are relentless on the body and brain, especially among individuals reentering society post-i…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I guess it's great timing for my 1st post here to share my new #solo paper in #JournalofCriminalJustice
Using the #LoneStarProject, I examine how #stress confounds the association btw #mentalhealth and #offending & #druguse during #reentry in the 1st year out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Using the #LoneStarProject, I examine how #stress confounds the association btw #mentalhealth and #offending & #druguse during #reentry in the 1st year out.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...