Place and Punishment: The Spatial Context of Mass Incarceration

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Research on race and urban poverty views incarceration as a new and important aspect of social disadvantage in inner-city neighborhoods. However, in quantitative studies of the spatial distribution of imprisonment across neighborhoods, the pattern outside urban areas has not been examined. This pape...

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1. VerfasserIn: Simes, Jessica T. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Jahr: 2018, Band: 34, Heft: 2, Seiten: 513-533
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Spatial regression
Poverty
Race and ethnicity
Neighborhoods
Incarceration
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Zusammenfassung:Research on race and urban poverty views incarceration as a new and important aspect of social disadvantage in inner-city neighborhoods. However, in quantitative studies of the spatial distribution of imprisonment across neighborhoods, the pattern outside urban areas has not been examined. This paper offers a unique analysis of disaggregated prison admissions and investigates the spatial concentrations and levels of admissions for the entire state of Massachusetts.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-017-9344-y