Toward a demographic understanding of incarceration disparities: race, ethnicity, and age Structure

Objectives Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics in the United States are more likely to be incarcerated than non-Hispanic whites. The risk of incarceration also varies with age, and there are striking differences in age distributions across racial/ethnic groups. Guided by these trends, the present stud...

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Authors: Vogel, Matt (Author) ; Porter, Lauren C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2016, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 515-530
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Keywords:
Demography
Incarceration
Age structure
Demographie
Incareration rates