A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America
In A Plague of Prisons, Ernest Drucker applies an epidemiological perspective to mass incarceration in America. Drawing on connections among public health, law, social science, and public policy, the book presents imprisonment as a large-scale national phenomenon and examines how it can be understood more broadly.
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A Plague of Prisons examines the phenomenon of mass incarceration in America through the lens of epidemiology.
Ernest Drucker brings together perspectives from social science, law, public policy, and public health to consider imprisonment as a large-scale national issue.
The book offers a framework for understanding the scope and consequences of mass incarceration and for thinking about it in broader systemic terms.
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