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The theme of this book involves addressing important social issues that occur at the intersection of the criminal justice and public health systems. By presenting a range of interesting and challenging social problems, the reader will develop an understanding of the current strategies aimed at providing health to vulnerable populations. These studies suggest that integration and partnerships represent the most efficacious means to reduce critical social problems such as violence, poor health, and criminality. This book was originally published as a special issue of Criminal Justice Studies.
List of contents
Introduction: Public Health & Criminal Justice
1. Assessing sheriff's office emergency and disaster website communications
2. Exploring gender differences in constellations of problem behaviours and associated health-related factors during adolescence
3. The effects of treatment exposure on prison misconduct for female prisoners with substance use, mental health, and co-occurring disorders
4. Correctional outcomes of offenders with mental disorders
5. Service utilization in a cohort of criminal justice-involved men: implications for case management and justice systems
6. Influences on substance use cessation during pregnancy: an explanatory study of women on probation and parole
7. Moving prison health promotion along: towards an integrative framework for action to develop health promotion and tackle the social determinants of health
About the author
Hayden Smith is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. His principal research focus is the intersection of the criminal justice and public health systems. This includes self-injurious behaviour by inmates, the mental health needs of correctional populations, jail diversion, national standards of care, and premature morbidity and mortality associated with re-entry.
