Call for Abstracts, DCS Handbook on Corrections and Sentencing, Volume 9.
We invite abstracts for the ninth edition of DCS’s Handbook series, entitled Contemporary Issues in Health and Punishment, edited by Nathan Link, Meghan Novisky, and Chantal Fahmy. The volume is designed to include a diverse set of contemporary essays on the multifaceted connections between health and punishment.
The Editors define health broadly, using conventional definitions that include physical and mental health problems and substance abuse, in addition to social, emotional, financial, and familial dimensions of health and well-being. As such, contributions may detail this topic from a wide range of disciplinary, theoretical, or international perspectives. For example, authors may explore or theorize health conditions and behaviors as both causes and consequences of correctional system contact. These approaches may focus on immediate consequences (e.g., during reentry) or the life-course health consequences of cycling through correctional facilities. Authors may also seek out the factors, programs, and policies that can improve health throughout court processing, detention, and reintegration. System-related articles may focus on health and its relationship with pre-trial detention, jail, prison, probation, and parole experiences. Another angle may examine the nature of these relationships across types of facilities, including public and private agencies, across varying prison security levels or across jurisdictions. Where appropriate, essays should elaborate on the program and policy implications that may reduce the prevalence of health issues, mitigate health disparities, and decrease justice system contact.
Contributions that describe the unique experiences of women, people of color, juveniles, older populations, immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other sub-populations (i.e., people convicted of drug or sex offenses) are welcomed and encouraged.
We seek contributions that summarize what is known in each topical area, but as important, identify emerging theoretical, empirical, and policy directions. We encourage submissions from quantitative, qualitative, multi- methods, policy-analytic, theoretical/conceptual, and lived experience perspectives. International and/or comparative angles are also encouraged. In this way, the book will be grounded in the current knowledge about the specific topic, but also have new, synthesizing material that reflects the knowledge of the leading minds in the field.
Please submit abstracts and/or questions about Volume 9 submissions to Nathan Link (Nathan.link@rutgers.edu), Meghan Novisky (M.Novisky@csuohio.edu), or Chantal Fahmy (Chantal.Fahmy@utsa.edu). For consideration, please submit your abstract, proposed title, and author information no later than February 1, 2023. Full manuscripts will carry a deadline of August 15, 2023. The target date for Volume 9’s publication is early 2024.
Formatting must be in APA 7 (or the most recent version) and please use person-first language.