A plague of prisons the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America / Ernest Drucker.
| Author/creator | Drucker, Ernest M., 1940- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, |
| Description | xiv, 226 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011002072 |
| ISBN | 9781595584977 (hc. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1595584978 (hc. : alk. paper) |