The demographic divide: population dynamics, race and the rise of mass incarceration in the United States
This manuscript examines whether certain fundamental demographic changes in age structures across racial groups might help explain incarceration rates in the United States. We argue that a “demographic divide”—a growing divergence in the age structures of blacks and whites—was an important factor th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Punishment & society
Year: 2019, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-69 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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