Mark G Harmon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark G Harmon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark G |
| FAMILY NAME | Harmon |
| SIGNATURE | HARMON M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portland State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Unintended consequences of sentencing reforms
The current study uses social chain theory to examine the potential unintended effects of sentencing reforms on racial disparities in female imprisonment. Our analysis measures changes in the relative odds of Black to White female imprisonment using the Relative Rate Index (RRI) through panel regression modeling on 40 states from 1983 to 2008. Our final models indicate that four types of sentencing reforms had unintended perverse effects on racia…
Is Downsizing Prisons Dangerous
Research Summary Recent declines in imprisonment raise a critical question: Can prison populations be reduced without endangering the public? This question is examined by testing the effect of California's dramatic efforts to comply with court‐mandated targets to reduce prison overcrowding using a pretest‐posttest design. The results showed that California's Realignment Act had no effect on violent or property crime rates in 2012, 2013, or 2014. …
Women of color and the war on crime
Since 1972, U.S. female imprisonment has risen twice as fast as male imprisonment, with increased disparities between White females and women of color. Such disparities are particularly stark for drug crimes, for which Black and Latina women are increasingly imprisoned. This article examines the relationship between the war on crime and the pronounced rise in Black female imprisonment. An analysis of data covering 40 states from 1983–2008 indicat…
The Imprisonment Race
Sentencing reforms represent an important shift in the criminal justice system. Reforms' main purpose is the removal of judicial discretion by ensuring a relatively predetermined sentence. This study assesses the effects of reforms on shifts in the odds of imprisonment of Blacks and Hispanics within U.S. states from 1978 to 2005. The study has implications for both theory and policy. Theoretically, social chain theory suggests the law and order m…
Gendered Arrests or Gendered Sentencing
Since 1970 the percentage of women incarcerated in U.S. prisons has risen from nearly 3 percent to almost 7 percent-more than doubling in less than 40 years. This article examines explanations for this phenomenon-concentrating on two: Changes in the relative rates of arrest for females and males and sentencing reforms that were instituted during this period. The authors examine trends in female to male imprisonment rates from 1970 to 2008 across …
Is Downsizing Prisons Dangerous
Research Summary Recent declines in imprisonment raise a critical question: Can prison populations be reduced without endangering the public? This question is examined by testing the effect of California's dramatic efforts to comply with court‐mandated targets to reduce prison overcrowding using a pretest‐posttest design. The results showed that California's Realignment Act had no effect on violent or property crime rates in 2012, 2013, or 2014. …
Gendered Arrests or Gendered Sentencing
Since 1970 the percentage of women incarcerated in U.S. prisons has risen from nearly 3 percent to almost 7 percent-more than doubling in less than 40 years. This article examines explanations for this phenomenon-concentrating on two: Changes in the relative rates of arrest for females and males and sentencing reforms that were instituted during this period. The authors examine trends in female to male imprisonment rates from 1970 to 2008 across …
The Unintended consequences of sentencing reforms
The current study uses social chain theory to examine the potential unintended effects of sentencing reforms on racial disparities in female imprisonment. Our analysis measures changes in the relative odds of Black to White female imprisonment using the Relative Rate Index (RRI) through panel regression modeling on 40 states from 1983 to 2008. Our final models indicate that four types of sentencing reforms had unintended perverse effects on racia…
The Imprisonment Race
Sentencing reforms represent an important shift in the criminal justice system. Reforms' main purpose is the removal of judicial discretion by ensuring a relatively predetermined sentence. This study assesses the effects of reforms on shifts in the odds of imprisonment of Blacks and Hispanics within U.S. states from 1978 to 2005. The study has implications for both theory and policy. Theoretically, social chain theory suggests the law and order m…
Gendered Arrests or Gendered Sentencing
Since 1970 the percentage of women incarcerated in U.S. prisons has risen from nearly 3 percent to almost 7 percent-more than doubling in less than 40 years. This article examines explanations for this phenomenon-concentrating on two: Changes in the relative rates of arrest for females and males and sentencing reforms that were instituted during this period. The authors examine trends in female to male imprisonment rates from 1970 to 2008 across …
Women of color and the war on crime
Since 1972, U.S. female imprisonment has risen twice as fast as male imprisonment, with increased disparities between White females and women of color. Such disparities are particularly stark for drug crimes, for which Black and Latina women are increasingly imprisoned. This article examines the relationship between the war on crime and the pronounced rise in Black female imprisonment. An analysis of data covering 40 states from 1983–2008 indicat…
Is Downsizing Prisons Dangerous
Research Summary Recent declines in imprisonment raise a critical question: Can prison populations be reduced without endangering the public? This question is examined by testing the effect of California's dramatic efforts to comply with court‐mandated targets to reduce prison overcrowding using a pretest‐posttest design. The results showed that California's Realignment Act had no effect on violent or property crime rates in 2012, 2013, or 2014. …
The Unintended consequences of sentencing reforms
The current study uses social chain theory to examine the potential unintended effects of sentencing reforms on racial disparities in female imprisonment. Our analysis measures changes in the relative odds of Black to White female imprisonment using the Relative Rate Index (RRI) through panel regression modeling on 40 states from 1983 to 2008. Our final models indicate that four types of sentencing reforms had unintended perverse effects on racia…
Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Imprisonment (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Discretion (2 works)