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A plague of prisons : the epidemiology of mass incarceration in America / Ernest Drucker.

Author/creator Drucker, Ernest M., 1940-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution,
Descriptionxiv, 226 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011002072
ISBN9781595584977 (hc. : alk. paper)
ISBN1595584978 (hc. : alk. paper)

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