From Chaos to Coercion: Detention and the Control of Tuberculosis

by Richard J. Coker

Book Overview

In the 1980s and early 1990s, New York City experienced an unprecedented outbreak of tuberculosis. Inadequate healthcare services, an increase in social alienation of the poor, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains led city health officials to respond with draconian policies to ensure compliance, including the use of detention of non-infectious individuals--sometimes for up to two years--that violated individual civil liberties. The New York...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312222505
• ISBN13: 9780312222505
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"