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- Title
Jails and Public Health Service Delivery and Empirical Knowledge: The Impact of Jail Population 'Flow'.
- Authors
Potter, Roberto; Lin, Hefang; Maze, Allison; Bjoring, Donell
- Abstract
Time/flow is a decisive variable when proposing public health interventions in jail populations and settings. The present paper argues that jail flow affects the types of public health interventions achievable in ways not acknowledged generally by public health/medical researchers. The paper explores how public health interventions vary among jail populations in terms of 'flow' and how they are affected by a 'period' effect. Interventions that will be effective and reach a substantial portion of the jail population are dependent upon the point in the jail processing process. In turn, the variables that affect the speed of population flow through the jail setting also influence who will be served by public health interventions.
- Subjects
JAIL overcrowding; MEDICAL care of prisoners; PUBLIC health; CORRECTIONAL institutions; HEALTH promotion; CORRECTIONAL facility operation services; SAFETY
- Publication
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2012, Vol 37, Issue 2, p200
- ISSN
1066-2316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12103-011-9116-4