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Eric Reinhart

Eric Reinhart is a political anthropologist of law and public health, psychoanalyst, and physician at Northwestern University.

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December 12, 2022
Eric Reinhart
The United States Is Crime Sick. Health Care Is the Cure.
Politicians on both sides of the aisle spent the midterms telling us that more police and prisons will make us safer. Voters didn’t bite—and perhaps they know better.

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