Epidemiological criminology : theory to practice / edited by Eve Waltermaurer and Timothy A. Akers. - xv, 260 pages : illustrations - Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 11 . - Routledge frontiers of criminal justice ; 11. .

I. Integrating criminology and public health through theory and methods -- Understanding health disparities in an age of mass imprisonment -- Applying criminology theory to understand health outcomes -- The social interaction between crime, incarceration, sexual risk behavior, and community-level epidemiology -- Criminological epidemiology or epidemiological criminology : integrating national surveillance systems -- Applying epidemiological criminology to understand the health outcomes of police officers -- Epidemiological criminology : at the crossroads of youth violence prevention -- II. Special populations in crime and health -- The multiple risks for US black males : a priority case for criminogenic disparities research -- Crime and victimization among Latinas -- The health crisis among incarcerated women and girls -- The epidemiology of elderly victimization -- The epidemiological criminology of child victimization : the evolution of hybrid gang families and violence -- Health consequences of intimate partner violence -- Youth and school violence : an epidemiological criminology perspective -- Chronic disease and mental health within correctional facilities -- Infectious diseases in state prisons -- Epidemiological criminology and penitentiary deviate sexual offence behaviors -- III. Intersection of criminological and public health policy and practice -- Leveraging technology to enhance corrections-health/human service information sharing and offender reentry -- Criminal justice system reform as interventions to eliminate racial/ethnic health disparities in the United States -- Health and social policy : an evidence-based imperative for epidemiological criminology -- A guide to violence prevention within the juvenile justice system : applying the epidemiological criminology framework -- Cure violence : a disease control approach to reduce violence and change behavior -- Why and how neighborhoods matter for health : an epidemiological criminology framework.

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Epidemiology--United States.
Criminology--Research--Methodology.
Criminal statistics--United States
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

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