If You Would Not Criminalize Poverty, Do Not Medicalize It

American society tends to medicalize or criminalize social problems. Criminal justice reformers have made arguments for a positive role in the relief of poverty that are similar to those aired in healthcare today. The consequences of criminalizing poverty caution against its continued medicalization...

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Published in:	The Journal of law, medicine & ethics Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 573 - 581
Main Authors:	Sage, William M., Laurin, Jennifer E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-09-2018 Cambridge University Press
Subjects:	Bias Criminal justice Criminal Law Criminalization Employment Ethnicity Fraud Health care expenditures Health care policy Health services Health technology assessment Humans Medicaid Medicalization Medicare Poverty Prejudice Privatization Public Sector Social justice Social problems Society Socioeconomic factors State budgets United States United States United States > US
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Summary:	American society tends to medicalize or criminalize social problems. Criminal justice reformers have made arguments for a positive role in the relief of poverty that are similar to those aired in healthcare today. The consequences of criminalizing poverty caution against its continued medicalization.
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ISSN:	1073-1105 1748-720X
DOI:	10.1177/1073110518804199