Words matter: a call for humanizing and respectful language to describe people who experience incarceration

• Hauptverfasser: Nguyen Toan Tran (Verfasst von), Stéphanie Baggio (Verfasst von), Angela Dawson (Verfasst von), Éamonn O'Moore (Verfasst von), Brie Williams (Verfasst von), Precious Bedell (Verfasst von), Olivier Simon (Verfasst von), Willem Scholten (Verfasst von), Laurent Getaz (Verfasst von), Hans Wolff (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Abstract Background Words matter when describing people involved in the criminal justice system because language can have a significant impact upon health, wellbeing, and access to health information and services. However, terminology used in policies, programs, and research publications is often de...