NCJ Number
39240
Editor(s)
E K CHILDS
Date Published
1976
Length
48 pages
Annotation
CATEGORIZED LISTING OF OVER 350 REFERENCES ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND REFORM IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, THE MAJORITY DATED BETWEEN 1970 AND 1976.
Abstract
LISTINGS ARE DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL; ESSAYS AND COMMENTARIES ON THE SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS; LIMITS AND STANDARDS; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, THEORY, AND RESULTS; PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY; MINORITY GROUPS AS PRISONERS; PRISONERS AS A CAPTIVE GROUP; AND VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION IN PRISON. OTHER BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES IN THESE AREAS, NEWSLETTERS DEALING WITH RELATED ISSUES, AND LOCAL CITIZENS GROUPS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH CARE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE PRISON SYSTEM ARE ALSO CITED.