RT Article
T1 Racially disproportionate prison populations in the United States: an overview of historical patterns and review of contemporary issues
JF Contemporary crises
VO 13
IS 4
SP 405
OP 432
A1 Sabol, William J.
LA English
YR 1989
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1884602916
AB This paper reviews trends in black-white incarcerations in the North and South from 1870 to 1980. Using census data on imprisonments it finds that the degree of disproportionate imprisonment of blacks (relative to their representation in the general population) has been higher in Northern states than in Southern states from the middle of the 19th century through the present, although recently the trends have begun to converge. After reviewing explanations for the higher imprisonment rates of blacks in the North, it reviews black-white patterns of arrests and imprisonments by state for 1960, 1970 and 1980 and finds that the variations in black-white imprisonments are not fully accounted for by arrests. Finally, it comments on appropriate methodologies for examining racial differences in treatment in the criminal justice system.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 430-432
K1 19th Century
K1 Census Data
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 General Population
K1 Justice System
DO 10.1007/BF00729085