Themes of the upcoming LEPH2018 Conference

Disparities in Health and Criminal Justice Health states are intimately related to socioeconomic status, which itself relates to the major direct determinants of health (including access to and quality of health care, social and physical environments, and health behaviours) and further indirect determinants (such as inequality in access to and quality of education, income inequality, and occupational environment). Access to justice and outcomes of involvement with the criminal justice system are also intimately related to socio-economic status and class. Both disparities affect the same communities in ways that are inextricably linked. Therefore, both disparities must be addressed jointly.