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Jails and Public Health Service Delivery and Empirical Knowledge: The Impact of Jail Population “Flow”

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Time/flow is a decisive variable when proposing public health interventions in jail populations and settings. The present paper argues that jail flow affects the types of public health interventions achievable in ways not acknowledged generally by public health/medical researchers. The paper explores how public health interventions vary among jail populations in terms of “flow” and how they are affected by a “period” effect. Interventions that will be effective and reach a substantial portion of the jail population are dependent upon the point in the jail processing process. In turn, the variables that affect the speed of population flow through the jail setting also influence who will be served by public health interventions.

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  1. Department of Criminal Justice, University of Central Florida, PO Box 161600, Orlando, FL, 32816-1600, USA

    Roberto Hugh Potter & Allison Maze

  2. Professional Services/Community Corrections Division, Orange County Corrections Department, P.O. Box 4970, Orlando, FL, 32802-4970, USA

    Hefang Lin & Donell Bjoring

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Potter, R.H., Lin, H., Maze, A. et al. Jails and Public Health Service Delivery and Empirical Knowledge: The Impact of Jail Population “Flow”. Am J Crim Just 37, 200–208 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-011-9116-4

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