02617nam 2200553Ia 450 991051146470332120210415191237.09781595589538(electronic book)1595589538(electronic bk.)(CKB)2670000000355718(EBL)1162970(OCoLC)843192470(SSID)ssj0000540087(PQKBManifestationID)11346568(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540087(PQKBWorkID)10596572(PQKB)11538894(MiAaPQ)EBC1162970(EXLCZ)99267000000035571820130524d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA plague of prisons[electronic resource] the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America /Ernest DruckerNew York New Pressc20131 online resource (273 p.)Originally published in 2011.1-59558-879-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; 1 An Epidemiological Riddle; 2 Cholera in London; 3 AIDS; 4 A Different Kind of Epidemic; 5 Anatomy of an Outbreak; 6 Orders of Magnitude; 7 A Self-Sustaining Epidemic; 8 Chronic Incapacitation; 9 The Contagion of Punishment; 10 Ending Mass Incarceration; Afterword to the Paperback Edition; Notes; IndexWhen Dr. John Snow first traced an outbreak of cholera to a water pump in the Soho district of London in 1854, the field of epidemiology was born. Ernest Drucker's A Plague of Prisons takes the same concepts and tools of public health that have successfully tracked epidemics of flu, tuberculosis, and AIDS to make the case that our current unprecedented level of imprisonment has become an epidemic. Drucker passionately argues that imprisonment?originally conceived as a response to the crimes of individuals?has become mass incarceration: a destabilizing force, a plague upon our bodyImprisonmentUnited StatesImprisonmentSocial aspectsUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofSocial aspectsUnited StatesImprisonmentImprisonmentSocial aspectsCriminal justice, Administration ofSocial aspects365.973365/.975Drucker Ernest1066949MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910511464703321A plague of prisons2550244UNINA