The Color of Mass Incarceration

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ID4461622
AuthorsRonnie B Tucker (Shippensburg University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume37-38
Issue1
Pages135-149
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic studies review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1555-1881 • E-ISSN: 2576-2915
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/esr.2017.37_38.1.135
OpenAlexW2240960807
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This article looks at the issue of incarceration with a focus on the number of African Americans both male and female who are now incarcerated in the United States. The article takes an analytical perspective in reviewing the fact that the majority of African Americans in the prison population are not there for violent crimes, but yet, African Americans contribute to the mass color of incarceration. The article also includes discussion on how the “so-called’ justice systems has treated African Americans unfairly when charged with the same criminal offenses as those of the majority population. The paper also addresses the issue of whether or not mass incarceration of African American men is an “institutional” means for decreasing the African American population in the United States

African american · Criminal justice · Criminology · Mass incarceration · People of color · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Race (biology · Sociology · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes

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