Social environments of pervasive incarceration: lessons from Australia’s top end

U.S. mass incarceration is characterized by pervasive imprisonment among black men with little schooling that is often viewed as the product of punitive criminal justice policy. This chapter argues that pervasive incarceration also arises under a specific set of social conditions that make police co...

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Main Author: Western, Bruce (Author)
Contributors: Sirois, Catherine
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Tracing the relationship between inequality, crime, and punishment
Year: 2020, Pages: 199-221
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Australia
Incarceration
Indigenous
Poverty
Racial inequality
Violence