A plague of prisons : the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America

A plague of prisons : the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America / Ernest Drucker.

Author/creator	Drucker, Ernest M., 1940-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2011.
Description	xiv, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Imprisonment--United States. Imprisonment--Social aspects --United States. Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects --United States. Mass incarceration--United States.

Contents	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 scale 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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2011002072
ISBN	9781595584977 (hc. : alk. paper)
ISBN	1595584978 (hc. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier#	40019825302

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HV8705 .D78 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold