Author: Caroline Wolf Harlow
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Category : Adult child abuse victims
Languages : en
Pages : 6

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Author: Caroline Wolf Harlow
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Category : Adult child abuse victims
Languages : en
Pages : 4

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309287715
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 67

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Over the past four decades, the rate of incarceration in the United States has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights, both historically and in comparison to that of other developed nations. At far higher rates than the general population, those in or entering U.S. jails and prisons are prone to many health problems. This is a problem not just for them, but also for the communities from which they come and to which, in nearly all cases, they will return. Health and Incarceration is the summary of a workshop jointly sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences(NAS) Committee on Law and Justice and the Institute of Medicine(IOM) Board on Health and Select Populations in December 2012. Academics, practitioners, state officials, and nongovernmental organization representatives from the fields of healthcare, prisoner advocacy, and corrections reviewed what is known about these health issues and what appear to be the best opportunities to improve healthcare for those who are now or will be incarcerated. The workshop was designed as a roundtable with brief presentations from 16 experts and time for group discussion. Health and Incarceration reviews what is known about the health of incarcerated individuals, the healthcare they receive, and effects of incarceration on public health. This report identifies opportunities to improve healthcare for these populations and provides a platform for visions of how the world of incarceration health can be a better place.

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Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 668

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Author: Allison Frankel
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Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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"[The report] finds that supervision -– probation and parole -– drives high numbers of people, disproportionately those who are Black and brown, right back to jail or prison, while in large part failing to help them get needed services and resources. In states examined in the report, people are often incarcerated for violating the rules of their supervision or for low-level crimes, and receive disproportionate punishment following proceedings that fail to adequately protect their fair trial rights."--Publisher website.

Author: Paula M. Ditton
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Category : Mental health services
Languages : en
Pages : 10

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Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Author: United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Drug Control Research, Data, and Evaluation Committee
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Category : Drug control
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Category : Law enforcement
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Robert Greifinger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387716955
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 588

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Public Health Behind Bars From Prisons to Communities examines the burden of illness in the growing prison population, and analyzes the impact on public health as prisoners are released. This book makes a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter.