Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Health, Crime, and Punishment

INTRODUCTION

The Intersections of Sentencing and Punishment Experiences with Individual, Family, and Community Health

Nathan W. Link, Meghan Novisky, and Chantal Fahmy

I. CONTEXTS AND ORGANIZING FRAMEWORKS

1. Health Criminology: Addressing the Culture of Control

Faye S. Taxman

2. Healthcare Litigation in Corrections: Framing Rights and Pursuing Care

Bryant J. Jackson-Green

3. Health Equity and the Justice System: A Research Agenda

Anthony Petrosino, Angelia Turner, Cosette Lias, Danielle Munguia, and Pamela MacDougall

4. Political And Social Determinants of Punishment and Health in Pretrial Systems

Cynthia A. Golembeski, Brianna A. Baker, Homer S. Venters, and Robert E. Fullilove

5. Explaining and Reducing the Poor Physical Health of Individuals Who Engage in Criminal Behavior

Guy C. M. Skinner and David P. Farrington

6. An Environmental Justice Perspective for Exploring Health in Carceral Spaces

Elisa L. Toman, Averi R. Fegadel, and Rachel E. Severson

II. THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE AMONG INCARCERATED PEOPLE

7. An Overview of Health and Access to Healthcare for People in State Prisons

Leah Wang and Emily Widra

8. Mixed Reviews: Perceptions of Prison Health Care Delivery in Western Canadian Prisons

William J. Schultz

9. Public Accessibility of Healthcare Information in Prison: A Review of U.S. State Department of Corrections Websites

Jennifer J. Tostlebe and Selena Munoz-Jones

III. PRISON CONDITIONS, EXPERIENCES, AND CULTURE

10. The Duality of the Convict Code: How Prison Culture May Help Incarcerated People Assimilate while Simultaneously Hurting their Health

Meghan M. Mitchell and Rosemary Ricciardelli

11. Overlapping Crises: Climate Disaster Susceptibility and Incarceration

Kristen N Cowan, Jennifer Lao, Katherine LeMasters, Forrest Behne, and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

12. Addressing the Traumatic Experiences of Men in Solitary Confinement: Exploring the Use of Emotional Learning to Break the Cycle of Violence

Ann Marie Rocheleau

13. Mental Health Treatment Resentment and Contagious Dehumanization: The Unintended Consequences of Reforming Solitary Confinement for Individuals with Severe Mental Health Disorders

Shannon Magnuson, Emma Freetly Porter, and Angela J. Hattery

14. Hunger, Health, and Harm: Perceptions of Prison Food, Medical Care, and Well-Being

Bryce Kushmerick-McCune, Sydney N. Ingel, Caitlin Bauer, and Danielle S. Rudes

15. It's All in Your Head: Unpacking What's Known about Head Injuries in Correctional Settings

Kristina Block, Chelsey S. Narvey, Wanda E. Leal, and Hannah Formaro

IV. INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND INCARCERATION

16. Confinement in Pandemic Times: Two Tales of Prisons, Epidemics, and Power from the Global South

Angel Aedo, Catalina Droppelmann, Frederic Le Marcis, and Daniela Montanari

17. The COVID-19 Pandemic Harms of Imprisonment: An Analysis of Issues Raised by Imprisoned People in Canada

Olivia Gemma, Kevin Walby, and Justin Piche

18. Carceral Expansion at the Nexus of State Violence and Neoliberal Public Health

Katherine Weatherford Darling, Sarah Walton, and Brian Pitman

V. FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND HEALTH

19. Dimensions of Health and Well-Being among Partners of Incarcerated Individuals

Katherine A. Durante and Eman Tadros

20. Policy Alternatives to Separating Women in Prison and Their Infants

Allison D. Crawford, Alexander Testa, Amanda Corbett, Rosemary Laine, Tara Hutson, and Rebecca Shlafer

21. The Incarceration of Pregnant Women in the United States: Understanding Pathways and Lived Experiences

Dragana Derlic, Makiya Owens, Jessica Ogu, and Stuti S. Kokkalera

VI. SALIENT HEALTH ISSUES AMONG VULNERABLE GROUPS

22. Heterogeneity in the Mental Health Consequences of Incarceration across Race: Prior Research and New Directions

Kathleen Powell and Robert Apel

23. Muslim Mental Health in Prison: The Costs and Consequences of Inadequate Services

Amin Asfari and James Gacek

24. Incarceration and Food Insecurity: What We Know and Where Research Needs to Go

Alexander Testa, Katherine Kelton, Jacqueline G. Lee, Hanah Chaudry, Dylan B. Jackson, and Daphne C. Hernandez

25. Veterans Deflection: Not Waiting for Military Veterans to Be Arrested or in Crisis Before We Act

Lance Washington, Kreeti Singh, Katie Stewart, Kelly Firesheets, Jac Charlier, and Andrea K. Finlay

VII. JUVENILE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

26. Examining the Health of People Sentenced to Juvenile Life Without the Possibility of Parole: Setting a Research Agenda

Dylan B. Jackson, Laura S. Abrams, J.Z. Bennett, Jeffrey T. Ward, Daphne M. Brydon, Leah Ouellet, and Rebecca Turner

27. Harms and Hope: The Risks of Juvenile Justice System Involvement and the Promise of Developmental Assets for Youth of Color

Chelsea McElwee, Tate LeBlanc, and Aerika B. Loyd

28. "That Memory, I Cannot Erase": In the Crossfire of Living in a Mixed-Status Family and Having Youth Carceral Involvement

Ana Magaly Ojeda

VIII. AGING BEHIND BARS

29. Ending Life Peacefully and with Dignity: Examination of the U.S. Adult Residents' Definitions of and Support for Compassionate Release

Jane C. Daquin, Rebecca H. Konkel, and Susannah N. Tapp

30. Not-So-Golden Years: The Utility and Shortcomings of Assessing Aging Through Functionality Assessments in Correctional Settings

Chivon Fitch, Brandon C. Dulisse, and Raechel Meyerowich

31. Life Satisfaction and Successful Aging: An Exploration of Well-Being among Recently Released Elders

Angela S. Murolo

IX. GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND HEALTH

32. The Pains of Imprisonment, Gender, and Mental Health: Considering the Links between the Mental Health of Incarcerated Women and the Gendered Pains of Imprisonment

Timothy G. Edgemon and Brittany T. Martin

33. New Prison Masculinities in Carceral Spaces

Dwayne Antojado

34. "Sick and Tired": A Black Feminist Criminological Approach to Gender-Responsive Care for Black Women in Corrections

Brianne M. Posey

35. Transgressions of the U.S. Prison System: The Mistreatment of Incarcerated Transgender Persons

Susana Avalos

X. HEALTH INTERVENTIONS IN PRISON AND DURING REINTEGRATION

36. Cycles of Disadvantage: A Critical Examination of Trauma, Health, and the Community Reentry Experience

Michael R. Menefee, Cherrell Green, Shannon Magnuson, and Tameka Vaught Williams

37. Reimagining Rehabilitation: A Public Health Approach to Transforming Mass Incarceration

Ginny E. Oshiro

38. A New Vision for Punishment and Treatment: Re-Thinking Punishment and Rehabilitation for People Convicted of Sex Offenses

Jason Kahler

39. Exploring Knowledge Gaps in Healthcare Approaches to Violence Intervention

C. Clare Strange and Sheetal Ranjan

XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS

40. Health and Punishment Challenges Worthy of Our Attention

Homer S. Venters

41. Outro: A Paradigm Shift from Crime, Punishment, and Rehabilitation to Health, Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Hope

Carrie Pettus