COVID-19 Exposes Need for Progressive Criminal Justice Reform

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn , Issue 7, 2020, Pages 967-968

  Nowotny, Kathryn ^a   Bailey, Zinzi ^b   Omori, Marisa ^c   Brinkley Rubinstein, Lauren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PANDEMIC; PRISON; PRISONER; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRISONERS; PRISONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85086346193     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305742     Document Type: Short Survey

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