RT Article
T1 Prisoners of War: Black Female Incarceration at the End of the 1980s
JF Social justice
VO 29
IS 1/2
SP 131
OP 143
A1 Rolison, Garry L.
A2 Bates, Kristin A.
A2 Poole, Mary 1960-
LA English
YR 2002
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747158976
AB It is argued that race is central to any understanding of the increased rates of incarceration in the U.S. that began in the 1980s. A statistical analysis of black and white women who were incarcerated at the end of 1991 is presented. It is concluded that black women, more than any other demographic group, bore the brunt of the U.S. punitive policy against drugs that relied heavily on incarceration.
K1 Social conditions of African American women
K1 African American prisoners
K1 Drug control -- United States
K1 Drug control
K1 Women Prisoners
K1 Black prisoners
K1 Discrimination in criminal justice administration