Michael Ross (USA University of Texas)

Health and Health Promotion in Prisons

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The impact of the United Nations "Healthy Prisons" initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations. This invaluable book discusses the many health and medical issues that arise or are introduced into prisons from the perspective of both inmates and prison staff.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Public Health
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9781138108769
• ISBN-10: 1138108766
• Artikelnr.: 54491889

Autorenporträt

Michael Ross is Professor of Public Health at the University of Texas, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Lord Ramsbotham 1. The Need for Correctional Public Health and
Health Promotion 2. Health in Prisons: A Brief Historical Perspective 3.
Approaching Health and Human Rights in Prison: Comparing England-Wales and
the European Court of Human Rights, and the United States 4. The
Resurrection of the Body in Penology: Prison Health Care as Physical
Punishment in a Twentieth Century US Correctional System 5. On Giving Good
Care to Bad People: Examining the Principles of Prison Health Care 6.
Pedagogy for prisoners: An Approach to Peer Health Education for Inmates 7.
Prison Staff Occupational Health and Safety and its Relationship with
Inmate Health 8 . Ensuring Health in Prison and Achieving Healthy Prisons:
The TECH model 9. Mental Health and Treatment in Prisons: Hospitals of Last
Resort or Rehabilitation?