Mass Incarceration: The Subjugation of Black Men's Health

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dc.contributor.advisorBess, Jennifer
dc.contributor.advisorPringle, Rick
dc.contributor.advisorGreenberg, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorStern, Bianca
dc.contributor.departmentCenter for Geographies of Justice - Peace Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.programBachelor's Degreeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-20T18:42:04Z
dc.date.available2019-05-20T18:42:04Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-19
dc.description.abstractThere has been an ongoing effort to lessen racial health disparities in the United States, but little headway has been made. Despite tremendous advances in medicine, the life expectancy gap between black and white men has remained. This paper argues that because black men are imprisoned at a disproportionate rate to all other racial and ethnic groups, mass incarceration plays in integral role in maintaining this life expectancy gap. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes, which are all exacerbated by stressors like incarceration and reentry, are the causes of death that contribute most to the life expectancy gap between black and white men. Drawing on stories given by participants from Turnaround Tuesday, a jobs movement in Baltimore, I explore how incarceration shapes returning citizens’ return to community, with a specific focus on social determinants of health, stigma, and status. This case study indicates that chronic stress puts returning citizens at risk for the four major causes of death, but that Turnaround Tuesday’s focus on employment and social network building positions them to reduce this risk.en_US
dc.format.extent87 pagesen_US
dc.genreThesisen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2mtbx-kdol
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13901
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsCollection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
dc.subjectIncarcerationen_US
dc.subjectReturning Citizensen_US
dc.subjectLife Expectancyen_US
dc.subjectSocial Determinants of Healthen_US
dc.subjectEmploymenten_US
dc.subjectHome Ownershipen_US
dc.subjectMarriageen_US
dc.subjectStatusen_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.titleMass Incarceration: The Subjugation of Black Men's Healthen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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