A plague of prisons : the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America /
Drucker, Ernest 1940-
A plague of prisons : the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America / Ernest Drucker. - xiv, 226 pages : cartes, graph. ; 22 cm.
Comprend des r�ef. bibliogr. et un index.
An epidemiological riddle -- Cholera in London : the ghost maps of Dr. Snow -- AIDS : the epidemiology of a new disease -- A different kind of epidemic -- Anatomy of an outbreak : New York's Rockefeller drug laws and the prison pump -- Orders of magnitude : the relative impact of mass incarceration -- A self-sustaining epidemic -- Chronic incapacitation : the long tail of mass incarceration -- The contagion of punishment : collateral damage to children and families of prisoners -- Ending mass incarceration : a public health model.
This books makes the case that our current unprecedented level of imprisonment has become an epidemic—a plague upon our body politic. Ernest Drucker, an internationally recognized public health scholar and researcher, compares mass incarceration to other well-recognized epidemics using basic public health concepts—"prevalence and incidence," "outbreaks," "contagion," "transmission," and "potential years of life lost." He argues that imprisonment--originally conceived as a response to individuals' crimes—has become "mass incarceration": a destabilizing force that undermines the families and communities it targets, damaging the very social structures that prevent crime.
9781595584977
Imprisonment--United States.
Imprisonment--Social aspects--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects--United States.
Emprisonnement--�Etats-Unis.
Emprisonnement--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
Justice p�enale--Administration--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects.
Imprisonment.
Imprisonment--Social aspects.
Emprisonnement--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
Justice p�enale--Administration--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
United States.
365/.97 / D 794
A plague of prisons : the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America / Ernest Drucker. - xiv, 226 pages : cartes, graph. ; 22 cm.
Comprend des r�ef. bibliogr. et un index.
An epidemiological riddle -- Cholera in London : the ghost maps of Dr. Snow -- AIDS : the epidemiology of a new disease -- A different kind of epidemic -- Anatomy of an outbreak : New York's Rockefeller drug laws and the prison pump -- Orders of magnitude : the relative impact of mass incarceration -- A self-sustaining epidemic -- Chronic incapacitation : the long tail of mass incarceration -- The contagion of punishment : collateral damage to children and families of prisoners -- Ending mass incarceration : a public health model.
This books makes the case that our current unprecedented level of imprisonment has become an epidemic—a plague upon our body politic. Ernest Drucker, an internationally recognized public health scholar and researcher, compares mass incarceration to other well-recognized epidemics using basic public health concepts—"prevalence and incidence," "outbreaks," "contagion," "transmission," and "potential years of life lost." He argues that imprisonment--originally conceived as a response to individuals' crimes—has become "mass incarceration": a destabilizing force that undermines the families and communities it targets, damaging the very social structures that prevent crime.
9781595584977
Imprisonment--United States.
Imprisonment--Social aspects--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects--United States.
Emprisonnement--�Etats-Unis.
Emprisonnement--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
Justice p�enale--Administration--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects.
Imprisonment.
Imprisonment--Social aspects.
Emprisonnement--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
Justice p�enale--Administration--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
United States.
365/.97 / D 794