Race and Men’s Imprisonment in the United States: Religious Conservatism, Political Conservatism and Racial Threat

Black men are overrepresented in United States prisons and the number of Black men incarcerated increased dramatically during America’s "prison boom." Yet, existing research on male imprisonment rates in the United States has focused on explaining overall rates and has not statistically mo...

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Authors: Levchak, Philip (Author) ; Heimer, Karen (Author) ; Bosokpale Langali, Joseph (Author) ; Lauritsen, Janet Lynn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 62, Issue: 5, Pages: 1233-1251
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Keywords:
race and imprisonment
religious conservatism
political conservativism
Racial threat