Felon disenfranchisement in the United States: A health equity perspective

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 632-637

  Purtle, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; POLICY; POLITICS; PRISONER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLOSTASIS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PRISONERS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875124646     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300933     Document Type: Article

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