Jason Schnittker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in the social, biological, cultural, and institutional determinants of health, and is the author of Unnerved: Anxiety, Social Change, and the Transformation of Modern Mental Health and The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled.
Michael Massoglia is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work focuses on the social consequences of the expansion of the penal system, the relationship between the use of legal controls and demographic change in the United States, and patterns and consequences of criminal behavior over the life course.
Christopher Uggen is Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Minnesota and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. He studies crime, law, and justice, firm in the belief that sound
research can help build a more just and peaceful world. He is co-author of Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy.
Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration explores how incarceration undermines the health of people currently and formerly in prison. The book uses years of empirical research to show the intricate web of pathways through which mass incarceration also weakens the health and well-being of families, communities, and health care systems. It explores the social and legal forces that have made these connections possible, as well as the implications of the incarceration-health relationship for understanding and reforming about the justice system.