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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438341203321

Titolo

Crime, HIV and health : intersections of criminal justice and public health concerns / / Bill Sanders, Yonette F. Thomas, Bethany Griffin Deeds, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-63359-0

9786613946041

90-481-8921-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SandersBill

ThomasYonette F

DeedsBethany Griffin

Disciplina

303.30954073

362.10973

Soggetti

Criminals - Health and hygiene

Public health laws - Criminal provisions

HIV (Viruses)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The health of incarcerated populations -- pt. 2. Health consequences of crime and risk behaviors -- pt. 3. Crime, space and health -- pt. 4. Public health interventions with criminal justice populations.

Sommario/riassunto

Carefully selected to reflect the latest research at the interface between public health and criminal justice in the US, these contributions each focus on an aspect of the relationship. How, for example, might a person’s criminal activity adversely affect their health or their risk of exposure to HIV infection? The issues addressed in this volume are at the heart of policy in both public health and criminal justice. The authors track a four-fold connection between the two fields, exploring the mental and physical health of incarcerated populations; the health consequences of crime, substance abuse, violence and risky sexual behaviors; the extent to which high crime rates are linked to poor health outcomes in the same neighborhood; and the results of public



health interventions among traditional criminal justice populations. As well as exploring these urgent issues, this anthology features a wealth of remarkable interdisciplinary contributions that see public health researchers focusing on crime, while criminologists attend to public health issues. The papers provide empirical data tracking, for example, the repercussions on public health of a fear of crime among residents of high-crime neighborhoods, and the correlations between HIV status and outcomes, and an individual’s history of criminal activity. Providing social scientists and policy makers with vital pointers on how the criminal justice and public health sectors might work together on the problems common to both, this collection breaks new ground by combining the varying perspectives of a number of key disciplines.  .