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Author:   Lior Gideon (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9781032479453

ISBN 10:   1032479450
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 August 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction –The Nexus between Health and Corrections 2. Basic Concepts and Terminology 3. Theoretical Framework –Sociological and Public Health Theories 4. Special Needs Offenders Part II: Legal Aspects 5. Constitutional and Legal Cases Relating to Correctional Health 6. Policy Impact of Laws on The Health of Incarcerated Ill Individuals Part III: Illness and Diseases Behind Bars 7. Illness and Disease Behind Bars: Chronically Ill Inmates 8. Highly Contagious Blood-Borne Diseases: HIV/ AIDS, Viral Hepatitis 9. Highly Contagious & Infectious Airborne Diseases: TB, and the Effects of the COVID19 Pandemic of Jails and Prisons 10. Violence Behind Bars: A Public Health Issue Part IV: Special Needs Populations 11. The Connection Between Poor Health and Substance Use 12. Women Health Related Needs in Correctional Settings 13. Mentally Ill Behind Bars 14. Changes in Correctional Human Landscape – The Graying of American Prisons Part V: Conclusion 15. Transition from Corrections to the Community 16. Applying Public Health to Correctional Practices – Saving Communities

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Lior Gideon is Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, at John Jay College in New York; a Faculty Member of the CUNY Graduate and Doctoral program in Sociology, Criminology and Criminal Justice; and Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Hofstra University. Among his major book publications are Substance Abusing Inmates (2010), Rethinking Corrections: Rehabilitation, Reentry & Reintegration (2011), Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences (2012), Special Needs Offenders in Correctional Institutions (2013), and Correctional Management and the Law (2017). Further, Dr. Gideon is the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief for an international journal titled Health & Justice.

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