Health and Corrections

Putting forward a new approach to the study of corrections, this book draws together public health and corrections and explores the importance of this nexus.

Autorentext

Lior Gideon is Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, at John Jay College in New York; a Faculty Member of the CUNY Graduate and Doctoral program in Sociology, Criminology and Criminal Justice; and Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Hofstra University. Among his major book publications are Substance Abusing Inmates (2010), Rethinking Corrections: Rehabilitation, Reentry & Reintegration (2011), Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences (2012), Special Needs Offenders in Correctional Institutions (2013), and Correctional Management and the Law (2017). Further, Dr. Gideon is the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief for an international journal titled Health & Justice.

Inhalt

Part I: Introduction

1. Introduction -The Nexus between Health and Corrections

2. Basic Concepts and Terminology

3. Theoretical Framework -Sociological and Public Health Theories

4. Special Needs Offenders

Part II: Legal Aspects

5. Constitutional and Legal Cases Relating to Correctional Health

6. Policy Impact of Laws on The Health of Incarcerated Ill Individuals

Part III: Illness and Diseases Behind Bars

7. Illness and Disease Behind Bars: Chronically Ill Inmates

8. Highly Contagious Blood-Borne Diseases: HIV/ AIDS, Viral Hepatitis

9. Highly Contagious & Infectious Airborne Diseases: TB, and the Effects of the COVID19 Pandemic of Jails and Prisons

10. Violence Behind Bars: A Public Health Issue

Part IV: Special Needs Populations

11. The Connection Between Poor Health and Substance Use

12. Women Health Related Needs in Correctional Settings

13. Mentally Ill Behind Bars

14. Changes in Correctional Human Landscape - The Graying of American Prisons

Part V: Conclusion

15. Transition from Corrections to the Community

16. Applying Public Health to Correctional Practices - Saving Communities