Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Hardcover)

A comprehensive examination of the connection between mass incarceration and health In an age when over two million people are incarcerated in the United States alone, the wide-reaching impact of prisons in our society is impossible to deny, and the paradoxical relationship between prisons and health has never been more controversial. Prisons are charged at the same time with being punitive and therapeutic, with denying freedom and administering treatment, with confining and rehabilitating. And they are not living up to the charge. Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration examines the connection between prisons and health. Based on a decade of empirical research, this book explores the consequences of incarceration on inmates themselves; on the families they leave behind; on the larger communities to which they return; and, ultimately, on entire health care systems at the state and national level. Jason Schnittker, Michael Massoglia, and Christopher Uggen demonstrate that the relationship between incarceration and health is sustained by a combination of social, cultural, and legal forces, and by a failure to recognize that prisons are now squarely in the business of providing care. With an eye to the history that led us to this point, the book investigates these connections and shows how prisons undermine health and well-being. An evenhanded and comprehensive analysis, this groundbreaking volume demonstrates that the prison system produces unintended and far-reaching consequences for the health of our nation and points the way for a fairer and more effective justice system.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	STUDIES CRIME AMD PUBLIC POLICY SERIES
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Jason Schnittker (Professor of Sociology) • Michael Massoglia (Professor of Sociology) • Christopher Uggen (Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight Professor of Sociology and Law)
Dimensions:	218 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-060382-3
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General
LSN:	0-19-060382-8
Barcode:	9780190603823

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