Moore, Lisa D. and Elkavich, Amy (2008) Who’s Using and Who’s Doing Time: Incarceration, the War on Drugs, and Public Health. American Journal of Public Health, 98. pp. 782-786. ISSN 0090-0036
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Abstract
WITHOUT A PERSONAL connection, scientists, researchers, and those who set public policy rarely know the stories of those who are convicted of felony crimes and sentenced to prison: how they came to be convicted, whom they left behind, and what they went home to once released. But the consequences of their imprisonment—social, economic, political, and personal—are evidenced daily in every major city, suburban town, and rural hamlet. We aim to reframe the growth of the prison industrial complex and the war on drugs from the perspective of those incarcerated for nonviolent, drug-related crimes. By framing the issue this way, we . . .
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Incarceration; War on Drugs; Public Health; nonviolent drug-related crimes; health disparities; people of color; public health policy changes; families of color; urban communities |
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| Subjects: | Health |
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| Depositing User: | Users 141 not found. |
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| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2009 |
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| Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2011 09:35 |
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| Link to this item (URI): | http://health-equity.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1286 |
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